"Mama Ju, what are you talking about," at this time, even the Song family couldn't help but get annoyed, "If you are so flashy, you have to be served by the family law!" ”

Mama Ju wiped a handful of sweat, swallowed her saliva and explained: "It's really a big deal, it's a young lady of the Song family, who died in our forest for some reason." According to the fourth young lady, the old slave told that this is a big deal, because the dead Miss Song is the sister of the concubine, that is, the sister-in-law of the eldest princess of Zhaoyang. The fourth lady said that Miss Song died tragically in our house, and our whole family is responsible for it, so if you don't get it, you will lose your head. ”

Dong Taishi immediately changed color, turned his head to glare at the Song family, and asked her in a tight voice: "Who asked you to send an invitation to Princess Zhaoyang's mansion?" I didn't have a relationship in the past, so why provoke that family? ”

Song listened to the harsh meaning of Master Dong's words, and hurriedly argued: "The concubine's own family and the concubine's family are in the same breath, and there are contacts in the second and second festivals of the year, and it is polite and thoughtful to send invitations, who would have expected this kind of thing to happen?" ”

Mrs. Dong smiled sarcastically, "Polite and thoughtful? Congyun also received a post from your mother's house, and it seems that no one came? The Song family ignored 'politeness and thoughtfulness', but the daughter from the Song family was more sensible. ”

Song felt innocent, "The next post is the kindness of our family, whether you come to the house or not, the murderer is the thief who sneaks into the house, this can be blamed on the concubine." ”

Mrs. Dong still refused to let her go, and pointed out, "The door is not strict, and it is also your fault!" ”

Song felt aggrieved, but he didn't dare to defend himself.

The reason why Dong Taishi is so nervous is because he and his concubine Song Fuxin have some friction in the court, originally it was just a difference in political opinions, and you come and go in the court to say a few words.

Later, Song Fu was in charge of the Dali Temple Prison, and the younger brother of Dong Taishi's favorite concubine Miao Xiaowei accidentally injured someone, and the case happened to be from Song Fu's novice.

Miao Xiaowei is Mrs. Dong's favorite woman over the years, and her pampering is no less than that of Song Ziyun back then.

At that time, Miao Xiaowei went to ask Mrs. Dong to save her brother, and Mrs. Dong comforted her concubine softly, and she did her best. First, a large reward was offered to find evidence, and finally a credible eyewitness was found, who could prove that the actual situation was that the deceased had a leg disease, and Miao Xiaowei's younger brother did not deliberately push the deceased to fall off the building. With this witness, Miao Xiaowei's younger brother will be in the army for a maximum of eight years.

Song said that it was better to communicate with Song Fuxin in advance, and save the variables from time to time. So the Dong Mansion gave some generous gifts and passed the activities of the Song family's mother's family.

The Song family's maiden family is a side line, and Su Ri has little contact with the lineage, and belongs to the kind of distant relatives who bend down and bow down and come forward to talk, and will be asked by the lady and young master of the lineage with a blank face, "Who is this".

But the two brothers of the Song family thought that this was a good time to have a relationship with their descendants, so they slapped their swollen faces and became fat, and promised Song Congyun that their brother-in-law's affairs would be on them. As a result, he didn't make sense of the other party at all, and he was embarrassed to tell Song. The Dong family thought that the matter had been done, and the consequence was to trap the Song family and implicate the Dong Taishi.

Song Fuxin took the handle of Dong Taishi, as an important minister of the imperial court, who ignored the law in vain and secretly bribed for personal favoritism, and participated in the Zhongshu Province with an excerpt. Fortunately, King Yu intercepted it halfway, so it was not presented to the dragon case of the Son of Heaven, and Wei Moqin knew about it.

Miao Xiaowei's younger brother was already in the army, but the matter got bigger, but he was exposed for the crime of occupying people's land to build a racecourse and slaughtering cattle during the busy farming season, and was sentenced to be executed.

Miao Xiaowei couldn't stand the blow and couldn't afford to get sick, and after she died, it really made Mrs. Dong sad, and she blamed the Song family for this. With the concubine Song Fuxin, it is even more of an old grudge, and a new hatred has been added.

Last year, Dong Badou, the younger brother of Mrs. Dong, had a personal affair with the female official next to Princess Zhaoyang, and was noticed by the princess before discussing the elopement, and sued the emperor for a complaint, and finally downgraded Dong Badou to three levels.

How to deal with such things is still secondary, and the scholarly family of Dong Mansion has made peachy news, and it is difficult to get back the lost face. What Taishi Dong feels in his heart, only he knows.

Now in the good days when Taishi Dong married Lotus Ye, why didn't the Song family have a long memory, and sent an invitation over there, and now there is a murder case, and it is Song Fuxin's sister who died, how can the princess's mansion give up?

At this time, Dong Lianyue relieved the siege for the Song family and said: "Father, don't blame my mother, my mother is also a good intention, besides, if a distinguished guest dies in the family, it is better to report to the official first, and wait for the government to catch the murderer." ”

Ju Mama continued: "I have already reported to the official, the county commander of Jingzhao Mansion is inspecting in the red leaf forest. ”

Mrs. Dong asked in surprise: "Who reported to the official?" We have just found out in our own family, and we haven't leaked the matter yet, who will report it to the government first? "Could it be the murderer himself?

"It's the fourth young lady," Mama Ju said from the beginning, "Just now Madame asked the old slave to go into the forest to check what is going on, and the official messenger of the government has blocked the path." The old slave looked at a familiar figure from a distance, standing next to the county magistrate, talking something. I didn't recognize it at first, but then I took a closer look, wasn't that the fourth lady of our family! ”

"The fourth sister is with the county magistrate, is she the one who reported the murder?" Dong Lianyue asked.

"Yes, the fourth lady also helped the government calculate the murderer," Ju Mama shook her head and said with a speech, "And I don't know why, the county magistrate's attitude towards the fourth lady is respectful, no matter what the fourth lady says, the county magistrate is 'the girl is reasonable', 'what the girl says is very true'!" ”

Dong Lianyue laughed, "How is this possible?" Mama Ju, you are too far away, you heard it wrong. ”

Ju Mama insisted: "It's true, the old slave also heard the county magistrate call himself 'Xia Guan' to the fourth lady, the old slave wondered in his heart, is it because our lord is a big official, the county magistrate is very polite to the young lady in our family?" ”

Dong Lianyue thought for a while and said: "That's also possible, last time Mama Ou died of illness on the street, the yamen asked me to recognize it, and the mother of the county magistrate invited me to sit for a quarter of an hour." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a person dressed as a master came over and said to Master Dong: "Master Master, our Lord Zhao has already inspected the scene, he knows that the Dong Mansion is full of distinguished guests at this time, for fear of causing a riot, he does not dare to show up, please move to the forest, Lord Zhao will follow the routine to learn something from you." ”

Master Dong rarely dealt with the officials under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, and his heart was originally blocked, worried that it would be another trouble, but at this moment, listening to the polite wording of the master of Jingzhao Mansion, he was relieved at that time.

There is also a drunken cat lying on the ground, Shi Jiong. Mrs. Dong told Dong Forget to "quietly solve the trouble" and asked Shi Jiong not to remember what he had been arrested.

Mrs. Dong, Mrs. Song, Mrs. Dong, Aunt Tang and Mama Li, came to the Red Leaf Forest together.

Before they got close, these people understood the meaning of what Mama Ju said - Zhao County's attitude towards Dong Qianmo should not be described as "extraordinarily polite", but should be described as "groveling".

There are small wooden tables, brocade stools and other resting places at the scene, and the person sitting is Dong Qianmo, and it is Zhao County Order who bends down and surrenders his hand.

Dong Qianmo took a sip of tea, raised his delicate chin, and said: "Oh yes, if you encounter resistance during the investigation of the case, Lord Zhao might as well take advantage of the end of the banquet later, quietly detain Miss Song's personal maid and interrogate her secretly." Otherwise, when the maid returns to the Song Mansion, and the adults are detained and summoned to the hall for questioning, the credibility of the testimony will be discounted. ”

Zhao County Ling asked: "I don't know what the reason for this is?" ”

Dong Qianmo sat elegantly, his hands folded on his knees, and analyzed: "Miss Song's death is not tragic, and the wounds caused by the three different murder weapons on her body were all caused before her death, indicating that she must have suffered a lot before she died. ”

Zhao Xianling nodded and said: "Yes, that's why the murderer's motive for killing is classified as love killing and vendetta." ”

Dong Qianmo said: "Miss Song is raised in a deep boudoir and lives with her family, who can she have such a deep hatred with, and she wants to die like this to relieve her hatred?" ”

Zhao Xianling was stunned and asked: "What does the girl mean is that the person who killed her is likely to be from the Song family?" ”

Dong Qianmo pursed his lips: "This is just a possible assumption, thinking about it along this line of thought, why Miss Song died in the Dong Mansion, not in the Song Mansion, not on the street or somewhere else, this is also a doubt." ”

Zhao Xianling thought for a while and said, "What the girl said is very true, and the lower officials will continue to investigate according to the girl's instructions." ”

Dong Qianmo said: "I'm just guessing casually, Lord Zhao can just look at it." ”

Zhao Xianling complimented: "The girl has unique insights and has helped the lower officials a lot, and the lower officials have benefited a lot!" ”

Dong Qianmo said: "My lord is too humble, Qianmo really doesn't dare to be." ”

Zhao County's order was handed over, and it was another polite remark.

Dong Taishi and the others next to him were already dumbfounded and dumbfounded, this, what is the situation? Why did Zhao County Ling always bend over Dong Qianmo and bow his hand, is this to apprentice?

"Oh, Master Taishi is here! Come on, take a seat! ”

As soon as Zhao Xianling turned around, he saw Dong Taishi and the others standing not far away, greeting him neither humbly nor arrogantly, but his waist, which had been arched, straightened up strangely.

Everyone's expressions became even more strange, Zhao Xianling was respectful to Dong Qianmo, the daughter of Taishi, and it was much more natural for Dong Taishi, a minister with high official and five grades, what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd?

Mrs. Dong looked at Dong Qianmo in disbelief, Dong Qianmo smiled, Yingying got up and said, "Father sits, daughter stands." ”

Taishi Dong sat down with a gloomy face and asked Zhao County Order: "What is going on?" The adult went to the house to investigate the case, was the little girl sent someone to Jingzhao Mansion to report the case? ”

Zhao Xian ordered: "Yes, fortunately, the fourth lady is alert and intelligent, otherwise this murder case will be broken, and the house will never be as calm as it is now." ”

"Oh?" Mrs. Dong asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"According to the fourth lady, before the banquet, she saw a suspicious figure passing through the red leaf forest, so she went to take a look," Zhao Xianling recounted, "and found a woman dripping blood hanging above her head." The fourth lady fell down in fright, and her sachet was stained in the blood. ”

"Fortunately, it wasn't the fourth sister who had an accident." Dong Lianyue said to Dong Qianmo, and Dong Qianmo smiled back.

Zhao Xian ordered: "At that time, the woman was still struggling, and there was still help, and the fourth lady shouted for help, which attracted your escort Dong Wang, the fourth lady, and asked him to put down the woman at the top of the tree." Dong forgot to ignore it, turned around and left. ”

Mrs. Dong said: "There is such a thing! Why didn't Dong Forget tell me anything? ”

Dong Qianmo sighed: "He seems to be a strange person who cherishes words like gold." ”

Zhao Xianling continued: "The fourth lady was helpless, and when she ran to the depths of the forest and met her uncle Dong Wen, she anxiously explained the situation and asked him to call someone to rescue her, but Dong Wen was drunk when she asked, and took Miss Four's words as a joke. When the fourth lady came back to see, the woman on the tree had been rescued and died, the fourth lady's purse on the ground was gone, and the little maid in Dong's mansion ran away with a lantern, no matter how much she shouted. ”

Master Dong sighed: "So, that Miss Song could have been saved, but she ......"

Dong Qianmo continued: "Later, I continued to call for help, and attracted the cousin of King Yu, General Ji Qing, who also came to the banquet. I asked him what he should do so that it would not affect the guests at the banquet, so he invited Zhao Xianling. ”

Master Dong bowed: "I see." ”

Zhao Xianling said in a deep voice: "Miss Song didn't have to die, but she was first murdered by gangsters in the Taishi Mansion, and then she was rescued to death, this responsibility is really too great." I heard that Princess Zhaoyang loves Miss Song very much, and she is nominally an aunt and sister-in-law, but she treats her like a sister. Once this matter reaches the ears of the princess, the Taishi Mansion will inevitably have a lawsuit. ”

Taishi Dong frowned and asked cautiously: "Then in Lord Zhao's opinion, should we apologize to the Princess Mansion and the Song Mansion before this matter is revealed?" ”

Zhao County ordered: "Apologies are useful, and our yamen will be much more leisurely." ”

Dong Taishi still did not give up and asked, "Is there any other solution?" Annoyed that Zhao County's order gave a move, and the official was grateful. ”

Zhao Xianling smiled and said: "There are four young ladies in the Taishi's family who are working hard, why bother to ask for the lower officials?" When even the subordinate didn't know what to do, he still wanted to ask the fourth lady for advice. ”

Master Dong was surprised and asked inexplicably: "What do you say?" Why did the county magistrate raise the little girl so much? ”