Chapter 164: Heart-to-Heart Talk
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Lord Lu glanced at her lightly, and his tone was not salty or light, "Your adults can calculate, and you will know where you are by pinching your fingers." ”
Bai Zhi was stunned by him and laughed, giggled and threw herself into his arms again, laughing wildly, "How about the adult help me calculate?" ”
"What do you want to count?" Lord Lu asked.
She thought for a moment and said, "Marriage." ”
"You don't have to count on marriage, you don't want to have other marriages in your life." Lord Lu snorted from his nose, glanced at her lightly, and pinched the flesh on her waist, "Why do you still want red apricots to come out of the wall?" ”
Bai Zhi naturally shook her head again and again, "I don't want to, I only like you in this life." ”
Lord Lu expressed his satisfaction that she was so knowledgeable about current affairs, and the hand holding her flesh turned into stroking her head, "That's good." ”
At night, the two of them lay down and slept together.
As the saying goes, Xiao Biesheng is newlywed, so naturally he has to be warm, Bai Zhi will miss it a little in his heart, so he hooked Lord Lu with his finger, and the implication should not be more obvious.
Lu Zhiyuan originally had this intention, but thinking that she had suffered a lot when she went out this time, her body was probably still very weak, and he was not a beast, how could he not care about her body and only care about her own happiness.
So after a battle between heaven and man in his mind, this ignition stopped, reached out to hold the hands that were quite dishonest on his chest, and said lightly, "It's not too early, go to bed early." ”
Bai Zhi's enthusiasm was extinguished by a basin of water at once, and finally blinked aggrievedly, "But I'm not sleepy at all now." ”
Lu Zhiyuan was silent when he heard this, and then said, "Since you can't sleep, then tell me what happened on the day of the temple fair." Originally, she had just come back, and he wanted her to rest for a few days before talking about it, and since she would not be able to sleep, it was better to talk about it, it was a problem to be solved after all.
Bai Zhi didn't react for a while, and after a pause, she said, "Nothing else happened that day, I was just dispersed by the crowd, and when I wanted to go back, I heard that I was wanted in the city." She told the matter again, but in fact, she couldn't understand it, how could Hongsheng's death have something to do with her.
"The murder weapon that killed Hongshang was your hairpin, and you are missing, it is difficult not to suspect it." Lu Zhiyuan sighed softly as he spoke, and blamed him for his negligence at the time, and even let people kill those killers in front of him, which led to some troubles later, so he couldn't take a step out to solve Bai Zhi's matter for a while.
Bai Zhi was taken aback, "How is it possible, my hairpin is a murder weapon?" It was very chaotic at the time, and I didn't know when the hairpin was gone, or maybe someone squeezed it out. ”
Lu Zhiyuan didn't speak, although there was a possibility that the hairpin fell and was picked up, how could it be so coincidental that the person who picked up the hairpin happened to use the hairpin to kill Hongsheng. No matter how you think about it, this matter should not be so simple, and it is more likely to be deliberately blamed.
"Do you remember when you disappeared?" None of the evidence that can be found so far in this matter can prove Bai Zhi's innocence, and as far as the available evidence is concerned, it is all against her.
Bai Zhi shook her head, her mind was still a mess, "I can't remember, and I don't have an impression." ”
"Forget it, if you don't remember, you don't want to, go to sleep first, I'll take you to the yamen early tomorrow morning." Lu Zhiyuan patted her on the back and comforted her gently.
Bai Zhi nodded, looked at him and couldn't help asking, "Since the hairpin is mine and I'm missing again, how can you believe that I didn't kill the person?" ”
Lu Zhiyuan smiled helplessly, "There must be a motive for killing, I really can't think of any reason for you to do this." ”
Bai Zhi thought for a while and said, "We are all your concubines, if you want to say that the motive can naturally be jealousy, I am jealous that she is more beautiful than me, and I am afraid that you will spoil her so I will harm her." ”
Lu Zhiyuan glanced at her with a smile, this reason sounded a little more reasonable, "What you said is very reasonable, I will go and talk to Prefect Yu about this matter tomorrow." ”
Bai Zhi became anxious when she heard this, "I'm talking nonsense to you, wouldn't I be completely unable to pick it up like this." ”
The reason why she said this was actually just selfishly hoping that Lu Zhiyuan would say something, because he trusted her.
"With your little guts, a bug can scare you into peeing your pants, can you dare to kill?" Lu Zhiyuan turned his head sideways and reached out and pinched her face.
Bai Zhi thought that this was not very accurate, when she was in the mountains, she had slaughtered a lot of small animals, pheasants and hares, otherwise she would have starved to death.
She muttered quietly, "When have I ever been afraid of bugs." ”
Lu Zhiyuan didn't reply to her question, just patted her on the shoulder, "Sleep." ”
After saying this for so long, Bai Zhi felt a little sleepy, leaned into his arms, and then closed his eyes.
After a long while, she heard Lord Lu's voice ringing, "Before." ”
Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, she knew that Master Lu was answering her question, but when was it before, and with whom.
She felt a faint sadness in her heart when she thought about it, and remembered the two affectionate words that came out of his mouth one night.
Sugan.
Who is Su Su?
She actually wants to ask, but she is too timid to ask, some words are asked to understand that it is herself who is hurt, she is a turtle with a shrunken head, she likes to deceive herself when she encounters problems, and she doesn't want to face it until she has to.
Shook her head and threw away those cranky thoughts, she can't always think about that, now that Lord Lu treats her very well, that's enough.
Early the next morning, Lord Lu took Bai Zhi to the yamen.
According to the example, Bai Zhi is a murder suspect and should be locked up in prison, but she is not only a suspect but also a concubine of Lord Lu, and under the guarantee of Lord Lu, she is allowed to stay in the Lu Mansion temporarily, but she is not allowed to go out, and she must be summoned by the yamen at any time.
Bai Zhi naturally told the events of the time again, and the same still did not help the case.
Governor Yu obviously has his own opinion on this matter, "In fact, this case is difficult to say, and simple to say. If the deceased was not killed by Aunt Bai, someone must have framed her, and this person is a person who can get Aunt Bai's hairpin. ”
Yu Zhifu is not stupid, he is not sure about the weight of these concubines in Lu Zhiyuan's heart, naturally he will not speculate without authorization, the words are over, anyway, Lu Zhiyuan will definitely give an explanation for this case, and as for who it is, he doesn't care very much.
This point is thought of with Lu Zhiyuan, he can be sure that Bai Zhi is not the murderer, but that person can recognize her hairpin, and he can also kill Hongsheng and frame him, it must be someone who is very familiar with both of them.
"Thank you Lord Yu for reminding me, Lu will definitely give you an explanation."
"Lord Lu is polite."
Of the three women who went out that day, one died and one was framed, so it seems that only one is left unharmed so far.
Lu Ning has been restless these days, she dreamed every night that she saw that Hongshang had turned into a ghost and came to her to ask for her life, especially in the past few days, when she heard that Bai Zhi had come back unharmed, and there was no movement on the Yamen's side, she became more and more uneasy.
"Ah, don't look for me!" With an exclamation, she sat up from the bed suddenly, a large drop of sweat sliding down her forehead, and she didn't know when her back was soaked by cold sweat.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?" The voice of the maid behind the door sounded, and the door of the back room was pushed open, and her maid Tong'er entered the door with a candlestick, seeing her pale and bloodless appearance, knowing that she must be having a nightmare again, Tong Er quickly put down the candlestick, went to pour a cup of warm water and came back, "Did you dream of Aunt Hong again?" ”
It is said that at that time, Lu Ning was so frightened that she fainted directly when she saw the corpse of the red dress, and then she woke up and had nightmares all the time, saying that Aunt Lu was timid, which was frightened.
Lu Ning knew that it was easy to be suspected if she showed clues behind her, so she took the preemptive action, she was sick for more than half a month because of the fright, and her health has been poor since she woke up, so even if there is anything unusual, it will not arouse the suspicion of others.
"Sister Hong and I are like sisters, she was killed like this, and she always gave me a dream these days, so that I could find the murderer to avenge her." Lu Ning covered her face and sobbed lowly as she spoke.
Seeing this, Tong Er hurriedly stepped forward and comforted, "Auntie, don't be too sad, the murderer of Aunt Hong will definitely be caught." ”
Lu Ning was still crying, if she didn't know about this sad look, she would definitely think that she had a deep relationship with Hongsheng, "I know, I believe that Lord Lu will deal with it impartially and will not cover it up." ”
Tong Er knew that what she meant meant was that Aunt Bai killed Aunt Hong, but she was just a little maid, and she didn't have much to say about her master's affairs, so she lowered her head and listened quietly.
Seeing that Tong Er didn't open her mouth and didn't continue to say anything else, Lu Ning waved her hand to let her retreat, and then lay on the bed, with her eyes open and didn't sleep all night.
After dawn, she looked very tired, and was about to take advantage of the daytime to sleep for a while, when the next person said that Bai Zhi was here.
She chuckled in her heart, her face was a little uncomfortable, and she hesitated for a moment to let people change her clothes to meet the guests.
"When did my sister come back, my sister didn't know." The green gel was covered with a thick layer of powder to hide her pale face, and the lip grease was also painted with a dark color, making her look much better.
Bai Zhi smiled, found a chair and sat down, "When I came back, I heard that my sister was sick, so I came over to take a look." ”
Lu Ning didn't think she would be so kind, and she couldn't decide her intentions, so she was extra careful when dealing with it, "It's just a minor illness, how dare you bother my sister to come in person, it should be me to visit my sister." ”
After speaking, people set up the tea, and Lu Ning smiled, "The tea I have here is not as good as my sister's, but it tastes okay." ”
Bai Zhi took a symbolic sip of the teacup and put it aside, she said lightly, "I heard that my sister was scared because she saw Aunt Hong's death?" ”
Lu Ning's face was a little ugly, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and her voice couldn't help but be sad, "Sister Hong died very miserably, and she and I were sent from the capital together, and the relationship has always been good, but she was suddenly killed, and I feel very uncomfortable." ”
"You deserve to be uncomfortable, after all, it's a human life."
Lu Ning wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and looked at her with a cold gaze, "Sister doesn't seem to be sad at all." ”
"I've never been familiar with Hongsheng, and I'm very sympathetic to her death, but it's really not that uncomfortable." Bai Zhi's words were also saying on the other hand, because she was not familiar with her, so there was no reason to kill her.
Lu Ning's smile turned cold when she looked at her, and the fingers holding the handkerchief twisted a little, "How did I hear that the murder weapon that killed Sister Hongshang was a hairpin." ”