After Gu Rao and Beiye put the lotus lantern, it was already late and there were fewer people on the street, so they went to bed and rested not long after they returned to the inn.

Following.

When the couple got up, they went to the noodle shop for breakfast, and then they went to the dock, gave the boatman the fare, and then went into the cabin and sat down to wait for the boat to sail.

Not long after he sat down, there was a sudden noise outside.

"Why did the official errand come?"

"A lot of officials!"

"With such a big stance, it can't be a big deal, right?"

Pedestrians on both sides of the street dispersed and made way for the six officials, who went straight to the dock and asked each other with two portraits.

"Did you see these two people?"

"The man was dressed in navy blue and the woman was dressed in saffron, they were a husband and wife, and they were both very good-looking."

The official gestured his height again, and his hands were much higher than the top of his head.

"Men are probably this tall, this height is rare."

The boatman reacted as soon as he heard this.

"Official, they're wearing me!"

Officials immediately poured in.

When the curtain was lifted, Gu Rao realized that these officials were coming at her, and got up and asked, "Are you looking for us for something?" ”

The other officials wanted to step forward and directly arrest Gu Rao and Beiye.

Zhang Yao stopped the others.

"Don't scare them, they know adults, they are still friends of adults, they are just suspects in this incident, and they are not necessarily the real murderers, just explain the reason to them well, and take them back to the yamen for questioning."

Several other officials glanced at each other.

"Okay, I'll sell you a face."

Zhang Yao patted the shoulder of another official and said with a smile, "When you go to my house for a drink in the evening, I will ask my daughter-in-law to cook a few good dishes to entertain you." ”

Then he turned his head to answer Gu Rao's question.

"Mrs. Gu, this matter is a long story, it may be a misunderstanding, but I believe that you are useless, you have to wait for the adults to interrogate clearly, you can go with us first, if the murderer is not you, it will not be long before you can leave."

Gu Rao's heart jumped.

"Murderer?"

Zhang Yao nodded, and said with some embarrassment, "There was a dead person in the lotus pond last night, and early this morning, someone saw the corpse floating on the river and immediately came to the yamen to report the case. ”

Gu Rao frowned.

"We did play here in the lotus pond yesterday, but so many people have come here to play, why don't you doubt them, but doubt us?"

Zhang Yao sighed.

"Now is not the time to speak, the adults are still waiting for us to bring people back, and when we go to the yamen, you will know what is going on."

Beiye shook Gu Rao's hand.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you."

Gu Rao nodded.

"Hmm."

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, the big deal is to follow along, but I can't do business today."

Beiye laughed, "It's all this time, and you're still thinking about making money in your head?" ”

He was still worried that she was scared.

Gu Rao said as a matter of course, "We still owe a lot of debt, how can we do it if we don't work hard to make money?" I owe money to others all the time, and my heart is not steady. ”

-

When she arrived at the Yamen, Gu Rao saw a familiar person.

Chen Meng'er knelt on the ground, and when she saw Gu Rao and Bei Ye, she suddenly had a wave of anger on her face and rushed towards Gu Rao.

"Equinox!"

Zhang Yao pressed her.

Chen Meng'er couldn't break free, and glared at Gu Rao unwillingly, "You femme fatale, didn't you just bump into you yesterday and have a little dispute with you?" You pushed me down the river and didn't kill me, so you viciously attacked my husband! ”

"Murder pays for life, and you will be punished!"

Gu Rao finally knew who died.

It's a human life, although that man is not a thing, Gu Rao still feels a little pity, but it is a pity that she feels inexplicable.

"Your husband is dead, what are you doing with me, an innocent person? Could it be that he couldn't find a scapegoat and hurriedly dragged me into the water? ”

"I have no grievances with him, why should I kill him?"

"Isn't it your wife who has been let down to kill him who really has a motive for killing?"

"Yesterday, so many people watched, and they all heard him say that he was going to divorce you, and he was going to marry another woman as his wife, and you threatened that if he dared to divorce you, he would die with him."

It's a homicide case, and there are already a lot of people around the yamen.

Some of them happened to be near the lotus pond at that time yesterday, and witnessed the grievances between Liu Dahai, Xia Dongmei and Chen Meng'er, as well as the farce between Gu Rao, Bie Ye and Chen Meng'er.

"She's right, Chen Meng'er did say that kind of thing yesterday."

"It can't really be that she can't stand her husband marrying another woman, and she pushes her husband down the lotus pond and drowns under the trend of jealousy, right?"

"This woman is so vicious!"

Chen Meng'er listened very much.

"You slander me!"

Gu Rao raised her eyebrows.

"You can slander me, and you don't allow me to rationally analyze your motives? I'm just speculating, and I don't think that the murderer is you, you're so anxious, it's nothing, could it be that I'm right, the murderer is really you? ”

She is not usually an unforgiving person.

But originally had a feud with Chen Meng'er yesterday, and today he was inexplicably arrested and brought to the yamen, earning a day less, and being splashed with dirty water by Chen Meng'er, and the clay man still has three points of anger.

What's more, she is a person who does not want to suffer.

When Gu Rao and Chen Meng'er were arguing with each other, the official brought another person, who was also the person who had contact with Zhu Dahai yesterday.

This person is Xia Dongmei.

Xia Dongmei cried as soon as she came up, and the whole person sat crookedly on the ground, crying like a dead father, and the whole person looked grief-stricken.

"Who killed the sea, he promised me that when I gave birth to a son, he would divorce the original wife who supported me as a wife, why did the person die like this?"

"Where will I find a man who is so sincere to me in the future?"

"Could it be that I can only stay in the Qinglou for the rest of my life, or be a concubine for others? I'm so unwilling......"

The whole person fell into a mood of self-pity, and muttered as if he had been stimulated by the drama.

Many of the men present were sympathetic.

"It's really pitiful, a woman in a Qinglou, it's not easy to find a good man to be good, not to mention, that man is willing to marry her as a wife."

"After Zhu Dahai dies, it is estimated that there will not be a second man who is so stupid to marry her, right?"

Xia Dongmei's arrival attracted Chen Meng'er's firepower.

"Okay, you slut!"

"Not only did you seduce my father-in-law, but you also wanted him to divorce me and support you as a wife, why is your heart so bad!"

Xia Dongmei took two steps back in fear.

"You crazy woman, don't come near me, the sea must have been killed by you, you said you were going to kill him yesterday!"

"Woo woo woo ......"

"I thought you were just talking casually, but I didn't expect you to be so jealous that you really killed him!"

"One day husband and wife, how did you do it?"

"He has told me many times that you are very extreme and jealous, and he is not allowed to contaminate all women except you, and I was worried that if my relationship with him was exposed that day, you would not forgive, I didn't expect it to be such a consequence......"

(End of chapter)