Chapter Twenty-Seven: Floating Corpses
Uncle Chen opened his mouth and closed it again, refusing to say anything, Sun Shining guessed the result, and said with a chuckle: "Since I don't want to say anything, then I don't want to accept this inexplicable gift, let the people in the flower garden send it back." ”
"Big girl, Miss Sun." Chen Bo hesitated to catch up, "The young owner said that he would not let the buyer be named." ”
"You just have to nod your head or shake your head, it's easy." Sun Shining looked at Mr. Liu, and he also bowed his head slightly, expressing his approval.
Chen Bo nodded vigorously, for fear that she would regret it again, so he actually came over to stop her and said, "Miss Sun, it's not easy to raise such a peony plant." ”
"It's all painstaking work." Sun Shining left the dozen pots of flowers, and for the time being, I believe that the six princes will not be too embarrassed for a folk woman, Uncle Chen comes early and returns late every day, and he abides by his duty, leaving only one thing to worry about.
Sun Shining knew the reason, and quietly listened to Holly's answer, the eldest girl has to do a lot of homework every day, and everyone has lost weight, if not, it is better to ask the second lady, Du Juan hurriedly stopped and said that the second girl had taken care of it, and she must not let the lady know, so she secretly came to ask the eldest girl what she meant, and now the eldest girl is a family member.
Holly was silent for a moment, came to this room, and told her the matter, she nodded: "I'll go see Shiying." ”
As soon as the sisters looked at each other, Sun Shining saw Shiying's crying and swollen face, and she could pinch out the water with a finger press, and sent Yahuan out of the house, she said in a low voice: "You are like this, how can Erniang not know?" ”
"What's the use of knowing! She won't give me a thousand dollars! Shiying's voice was hoarse, how similar to the voice in the prison, it turned out that the person had also cried out of despair.
"Why a thousand kans?" Sun Shining is very patient, she has always thought that her sister and her selfishness are selfish, but today she found that there is still a true temperament, "Who told you that you want a thousand times?" ”
Shiying said it hesitantly, she secretly went to the prison again, did not go in to see Xiao Lou, she was looking for the jailer, that person seemed to have a little pity for Xiao Lou's case, she had to hold on tightly, and asked for a message, if there is a thousand guan, then you can find a scapegoat to go three thousand miles away, Xiao Lou is still a few hundred miles at most, and can return to Tiandu safely.
Sun Shining stared at her swollen face tightly, how much is a thousand, does she know it? As long as she opens the door in front of Erniang, Shiying will not want to leave the Sun Mansion for half a step in her life before getting married.
"Big sister." Shiying could only whimper, "You are already a family member, but you have a thousand?" ”
"You gave me even the money in my purse, and I don't have any money." Sun Shining is unusually calm, even if his father is alive, it is impossible to take out a thousand guan and give it away, besides, if a jailer is a jailer, how can he believe it, where will he send it with that thousand guan, and who will he send it to, in case the meat bun beats the dog and never returns, wouldn't it be empty of people and money.
Shiying didn't force it too much, until before falling asleep, the cuckoo came to find someone again, and Sun Shining felt a little bad: "When did the second girl not see you?" ”
"In the afternoon, she refused to eat lunch, saying that she had no appetite and wanted to go out for a walk." The cuckoo knew that it was not a good sign, "I wanted to follow, but the second girl refused to do anything, so she went out alone wrapped in a cloak." ”
"Didn't say where to go?"
"The temper of the second girl, who doesn't know, she is in a bad mood, where dare we ask." The cuckoo's voice became quieter and quieter, and she pointed out the window and said, "If Madame finds it, I'm afraid my life won't be saved." ”
Sun Shining looked for a cloak to put on, but was stopped by Holly and Amber one by one, she couldn't wait to go out: "I know where she went, I'm afraid it's ......" before she thought about it, she didn't dare to say it, for fear of saying it.
"Girl, it's too late, you are also a girl's family, you have no power to tie the chicken, what can you do if you go?" Holly anxiously refused to get out of the way.
Or Amber has some way: "Isn't there still a few people in the house, find two to go together, and I don't care if the second lady will know at this time." ”
Sun Shining took her words and summoned four subordinates, she couldn't tell which of them was who, as long as they knew that she was the eldest girl of the Sun family, followed by her, she walked too quickly, tripped over a pot of peony flowers in the courtyard, fell hard, and wore thick clothes, at first she didn't notice anything wrong, borrowed the carriage of the Xue family, and galloped away in the direction of the prison.
But it was empty, it was pitch black outside the prison door, the lights were already dark, where was there still people, Sun Shining stood there dumbfounded, not moving, where else would Shiying go?
The subordinates did not dare to urge her, and let her blow a stick of incense in the cold wind for a while, before she had no choice but to turn around and go home, and the sound of horses' hooves on the other side came from far and near, almost brushing their carts and horses, and it seemed to be more urgent than them.
Sun Shining put one hand on the wheel, just wanted to get into the car, the horses actually turned back, she asked her subordinates to light the lantern, under the faint lamp candle, Shen Nian jumped off the horse, and looked at her in surprise: "It looks like it's you, so I turned around, but I didn't expect it to be you." ”
"Lord Shen, are you going on a business trip?" Sun Shining felt an inexplicable panic in his heart.
Shen Nian took a big step and approached: "What are you doing in front of the prison door so late?" ”
Sun Shining looked at several people behind him, he deliberately turned around because he saw her, in his eyes, she was no longer a stranger: "My sister suddenly left home and disappeared, I thought she would touch here, but I didn't find anyone." ”
Shen Nianyi's eyebrows wrinkled together: "Your sister, is the one who watched the play with you in Qiu Mansion?" ”
Sun Shining nodded, the little drum in his heart beat louder, Shen Nianyi asked in such detail, I am afraid that there are other reasons.
"My lord, I'm in a hurry to identify the corpse, so it's the right thing to do when I go over and see the scene first."
Shen Nianyi actually hesitated: "Otherwise, you follow me." ”
Sun Shining's eyes widened: "You mean, the woman's body was found, and you suspect that it was her?" Her teeth were fighting and gurgling.
"Not necessarily, it's better to go and have a look." Shen Nianyi asked her to quickly explain to the people who came with her, then placed her on her horse and walked away.
Riding a horse is completely different from riding a car, she feels cold, the oncoming wind is sharper than a knife, cutting a thin wound on the skin, Shen Nian suddenly pressed the top of her hair with his hand, and pressed her down: "It won't be so cold if you lie down in your face in the horse's mane." ”
She did what he said, it was much warmer, and his back was straight, not afraid of the cold wind, and the corner of her eyes could see his handsome and heroic face under the moonlight, every time she was at a loss, he would appear unexpectedly, if this is not called fate, then what is?
The trip was not far away, and Shen Nianyi stopped his horse: "You wait here first, and when I call you, you come back." ”
Sun Shining was in front of a lake, she had been here during the day, the silver light was overflowing, when the wind blew, it was like a wrinkled silk, but she didn't expect to look at it late at night but it seemed to become a monster that could devour people, she simply didn't dare to approach, and couldn't help but move closer to the horse.
The torch was lit, and there were already people there first, Sun Shining saw the flickering firelight, the time was short, and he felt that the time passed very slowly, until he heard Shen Nianyi turn around and wave to her, she trotted over and blurted out: "It's not my sister, it won't be her." ”
The man who was squatting on the ground replied, "This woman has been dead for at least three days, and she is indeed not Sister Ling." ”
Sun Shining noticed that Tang Churou was afraid that she had come earlier, and had already completed the autopsy of the woman who was salvaged from the lake: "I was stoned to death with a blunt object from behind, and then thrown into the lake, and there is no large amount of lake water missing from the lungs, so it is not drowning, and next, the matter of arresting the murderer will be returned to Lord Shen, and I will go back to make up for sleep." ”
"My lord, it's the third one." Qiu Cheng said in a low voice.
Sun Shining walked a little closer, the deceased's body had been blistered by the lake three or four times, except for the clothes on her body, she couldn't see her original appearance at all, she hurriedly stepped back again, it was not Shiying, Shiying was lost in the afternoon.
"Bring the body back and let the family members who reported the crime come to claim it." Shen Nianyi's voice was even colder by the cold wind, "I'll be there later, Qiu Cheng will deal with it first." ”
Along the way, the two of them were silent, she still buried her face in the horse's mane, and when she was about to get to the front of the house, Shen Nianyi said: "This month, seven people have been missing, three have been found, and four are missing, you had better not choose to go out at night, otherwise once you are taken away, I believe that there will be more people who applaud the Sun family." ”
Sun Shining wanted to laugh when he said it, and felt that the situation was really unbearable, and when he got off the horse, he thanked him repeatedly, Shen Nian turned the horse's head, said the word take care, and left in a hurry.
Holly opened the door for her and sighed at her palm: "The second girl came back first, saying that she walked outside the prison door, only to find that she couldn't get in for a long time, she walked back slowly, and you missed it, fortunately, the second lady didn't hear the movement, and she hasn't noticed it yet." She looked out the door, "Did Lord Shen send the girl back?" ”
"Yes, he said that there was a murder recently, and it is best not to go out at night." Sun Shining thought that Erniang might not really know anything, but she pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't want to take care of things, if something happened to Shiying, she would definitely not give up.
She got into the quilt, and felt that her calf hurt badly, and in the middle of the night, it was even more inappropriate, and she screamed even more, and Holly took a look at it, only to find that her left calf was swollen twice, and she just remembered that when she went out, she fell that way.
Amber silently invited Mr. Liu to come over, Liu Lulin is quite proficient in medicine, and he diagnosed and treated it through his dress: "This is a sprain, rub some medicine, and it will be fine in a few days." ”
Sun Shining tossed and turned in pain, closed his eyes, and saw the swollen female corpse by the lake, who had not slept well all night, and as a result, the genius was bright, and it was already noisy outside, which made people uneasy.