Jian Xuan turned his head to look at Mrs. Wu and said, "Mrs. Wu, have you been in the room in the afternoon, can you find anything unusual in Wu Jiang?" ”

Mrs. Wu shook her head: "I went to the soup pool in the afternoon, I was tired in the soup pool, so I came back to rest for a while, I came back less than an hour, when I returned to the room, I saw that there was a plate of pineapple on the table in my room, and then I fell asleep on the bed, and I heard the sound of cups and saucers breaking from the old man's room next door in a daze, so I came out to see." ”

Jian Xuan: "What did Wu Jiang do today, do you know?" ”

Mrs. Wu: "He seems to have stayed in the room in the morning and didn't go out, and he also went to the soup pool in the afternoon." ”

Qu Zaifan interjected on the side: "Yes, Wu Jiang went to the soup pool in the afternoon, and I saw him, but I don't know when he left the soup pool." ”

Jian Xuan: "Did Master Jian see the soup pool where Wu Jiang was bathing with someone?" ”

Qu Zaifan: "He soaked alone in a small soup pool. ”

Jian Xuan nodded and looked at Mrs. Wu again: "Has Wu Jiang ever had a grudge against anyone recently?" ”

Mrs. Wu shook her head: "I don't know, he usually eats and lives with Hongling, and he won't tell me a lot of things." ”

Jian Xuan nodded: "Thank you, Mrs. Wu." ”

Jian Xuan looked at Hongling again: "Mrs. Hongling, where did you go this afternoon?" ”

Hongling's expression was not very good, and he was stunned for a moment before saying: "Flowers, no, I like peach blossoms, so I have been enjoying the flowers in the back mountain today, and the lord is in a bad mood and did not accompany me." I came back half an hour ago, and I wanted to have dinner in the dining hall and go to the soup pool for a while, but I didn't expect to hear the news of the old man's poisoning in the dining hall, so I hurriedly ran over. ”

Jian Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "You had dinner in the dining hall, but Wu Jiang went back to the room, didn't you make an appointment to have dinner together?" ”

Hongling shook his head: "No, because of yesterday's incident, the old man was in a very bad mood, I felt bored in the room in the morning, let him go out with me, he said let me not bother him, he wanted to be quiet by himself, I went out by myself, and I haven't returned to the room today." ”

Jian Xuan: "In addition to yesterday's incident, does he have any other worries recently?" ”

Hongling: "No, as long as he goes out in the past few months, others will point fingers and scold him, and some people even throw vegetable leaves and smash eggs at him, he hasn't gone out much, I don't know if he has other things on his mind." ”

Jian Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Is there arsenic in your room?" ”

Hongling shook her head: "I don't know, there shouldn't be, I haven't heard the old man mention arsenic." ”

Bibo interjected: "There are in every room, a few days ago we found that there were rats in the courtyard, and it scared a host and guest, so I asked the steward to buy a lot of arsenic, sprinkle it on the pastries, put one or two pastries in each room, used to poison the mice, and put oiled paper under the pastries and put them on the top of the wardrobe in the room." ”

Jian Xuan: "Who knows about this?" ”

Bibo: "Many people know that the steward took back the arsenic, went to the dining hall to get the pastries, and mixed the arsenic directly in the kitchen, many people saw it, and the six servants just now, the arsenic was also placed at the top of the wardrobe, and when they entered the main and guest rooms to put arsenic, many of the main and guest rooms were in the room, and they also knew. ”

Jian Xuan: "When was the arsenic put?" ”

Bibo: "Yesterday morning, our peach blossom banquet started not long ago. ”

Jian Xuan nodded and said, "I'll check it out." ”

Jian Xuan walked into Wujiang's room, picked up a stool, suddenly thought of something, and carefully checked a few stools again, there were no footprints, Jian Xuan put the stool in front of the wardrobe, stepped on the stool and looked at the top of the wardrobe, there were indeed two pastries on the wardrobe, with oiled paper underneath, white powder on it, and the top of the wardrobe was cleaned very cleanly, and it was impossible to see whether the oiled paper pastries had been moved. ”

Jian Xuan walked outside again, looked at Bibo and said, "Do you sprinkle a lot of arsenic, I only saw arsenic on the pastry, and there was nothing on the oil paper, so it stands to reason that some arsenic should be left on the oil paper?" ”

Bibo shook his head: "This is not clear, Lord Jane wait a minute, Steward Xiao, you come over for a moment." Bi Bo turned his head to look at a middle-aged man in his forties standing not far away, and shouted.

Steward Xiao immediately approached and saluted Bibo and Jian Xuan: "I've seen Lord Jian, I've seen the owner." ”

Jian Xuan said: "You sprinkled arsenic on the pastry?" ”

Xiao steward said: "It's not spilled, I bought a big bag of arsenic, spread out the oil paper directly, put the pastry on the arsenic, roll it twice with a bamboo chopstick, and then clamp the pastry to other small pieces of oil paper, so the arsenic is not left on the oil paper, even if there is, it should be under the pastry." ”

Jian Xuan: "What about the remaining arsenic, is there a shortage?" ”

Steward Xiao: "It's in my room, I didn't find it short before, or else. I'll take a closer look later, and then I'll come back to you. ”

Jian Xuan: "Okay, there is Lao Xiao in charge." ”

Jian Xuan asked for a long time and didn't find any clues, turned his head to look at Qu Zaifan, Qu Zaichen, Congxi, and Yun Xian, and several people shook their heads, saying that they didn't find anything. If the murderer only came to seek revenge, it was easy for people to mix in the Bibo Pool, sneak into Wu Jiang's room, see the pineapple on the table, sprinkle the arsenic on the pineapple, and then escape, now should have left the Bibo Pond as soon as possible, even if the Bibo Pool is sealed, it is useless. But who wants to kill Wu Jiang, the women and their families that Wu Jiang has bullied? I don't know if there are other enemies in Wujiang, this case is difficult to investigate. Jian Xuan didn't have anything to ask, so he asked Bibo to send someone to guard Wujiang's room, and wait for tomorrow to come and see if he could find more clues.

Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Hongling, and Mrs. Wu Yong all came to Mrs. Wu's room to comfort and persuade Mrs. Wu, and Mrs. Wu listened silently for a while and said calmly: "You don't have to worry about me, people can't be resurrected after death, I know that I just couldn't accept it for a while, so I lost my mind a little." Even if Wu Jiang does such a beastly thing, he is my son after all, I still want to wait until I return to Jinzhou, make up for the evil things he has done, and then lock him up for a few years, so that he can take care of his heart, but I didn't expect that I didn't even have this opportunity, and I didn't expect that one day I would send a white-haired person to a black-haired person. ”

Old Madam Wu couldn't help but shed tears again as she spoke.

Wu Yong hurriedly said: "Grandmother, don't be too sad, life and death have their own destiny, my father is gone, I am still here, I will always serve my grandmother under my grandmother's knees in the future." ”

Mrs. Wu: "Aren't you going to walk the rivers and lakes?" ”

Wu Yong: "The rivers and lakes will always be there, even if Yong'er wants to be chivalrous, it will not be for a while, but if the grandmother needs Yong'er's company, Yong'er will always be by her grandmother's side, compared to the rivers and lakes, the grandmother will always be the most important." ”

Mrs. Wu's tears continued to roll down again, this time not only sad, but also moved, Mrs. Wu stretched out her hand and stroked Wu Yong's head and said: "I always thought you were still a child, but now I realize that you are an adult, okay, grandmother knows, you don't have to worry about grandmother, grandmother is fine." It's just that your father is no longer and can't be killed at will, no matter what, you must find the murderer who killed him, and you must let the murderer pay for your father's life. ”

Old Madam Wu looked at Old Madam Qu again and said, "Nan Nan, I know that I have no evidence now, but if the murderer is really the one who is the servant, she must also pay for my son's life." ”

As soon as Mrs. Qu was about to speak, she heard a knock on the door, Wu Yong walked over and opened the door, and saw Congxi standing in front of the door, holding a few gift boxes in his hands, and Lan Chu, Jian Xuan, and Qu Zaichen from behind Xi. Wu Yong hesitated, opened the door, and let the four of them come in, Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Wu, and Mrs. Hongling were surprised when they saw Congxi come in, Mrs. Wu kept staring at Congxi without speaking, Congxi walked into the house, put the gift on the table, Shi Li saw Mrs. Qu, and then bowed deeply to Mrs. Wu: "Auntie, are you awake, are you better?" ”

Old Madam Wu stared at Congxi and said, "Did you kill Wu Jiang?" ”

Congxi raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Wu calmly: "I said no, will my aunt believe it?" My aunt doesn't believe it at the moment, and what is the point of answering yes or no? So, please give my aunt time to find out the real murderer, then, my aunt doesn't need to answer from the truth, she can understand the cause and effect of Wu Jiang's murder, but if you want to find out the real murderer, you still need the help of your aunt and the two aunts, we have a few questions, I want to ask my aunt again, is it okay? ”

Mrs. Wu: "You ask?" ”

Congxi: "Auntie, apart from me, what is abnormal in Wu Jiang in the past few months or who has received a grudge with whom, what can you and Wu Gongzi perceive?" ”

Old Madam Wu frowned: "In recent months, he has stayed at home and didn't dare to go out, who can he complain with, he is always sullen at home, it's normal." ”

Looking at Wu Yong again, Wu Yong shook his head.

Congxi turned his head to look at Mrs. Wu and said: "Aunt Wu, there is a question that may be a little abrupt, just to find out the murderer of Wu Jiang, Congxi has to take the liberty of asking, what offended Auntie, and ask Auntie for forgiveness." ”

Mrs. Wu shook her head and said, "It's okay, you ask, right?" ”

Congxi looked at Mrs. Wu's face and said, "Aunt Wu, what is the relationship between you and Wu Jiang?" ”

Mrs. Wu was slightly surprised and said: "Generally, after he married Hongling, we spent less time together, not much to talk about, and there were no major disputes." Do you suspect that I killed Wu Jiang? ”

Congxi: "Now that there is no evidence to find the real culprit, then anyone is suspected of killing Wu Jiang, including myself, we just want to know more about Wu Jiang." ”

Mrs. Wu: "Since the girl also knows that she is suspicious, why can she still help Lord Jian investigate the case, and Lord Jian is not worried about escaping the crime from the girl's private destruction of evidence?" ”

Congxi: "I just want to find the real culprit as soon as possible and clear my suspicion for myself, but my aunt's worries are not unreasonable, Jian Xuan, you came to ask below, I am a little overstepping." Looking at Jian Xuandao.

Jian Xuan nodded and looked at Mrs. Wu and said, "This official also took the liberty to ask, Mrs. Wu knew that Wu Jiang had bullied many women yesterday, but she resented Wu Jiang?" ”

Mrs. Wu sighed and said, "How can you not be resentful, your husband is a thief who is not as good as a beast, which one is the wife who accepts it?" But what about resentment, he is my husband after all, the father of my son, and I am not so hated that I want to kill him. ”

Jian Xuan nodded silently, didn't say anything more, and turned his head to look at Mrs. Hongling: "What about Mrs. Hongling, after knowing about Wu Jiang yesterday, did you resent him?" ”

Mrs. Hongling smiled bitterly: "I'm just a concubine, and I don't even have the qualifications to resent, right?" I am really sad to know that he is not a good person, but I didn't kill him, and if I kill him, I will have no support in the Wu family, and it will not do me any good. ”

Jian Xuan nodded, Jian Xuan and Congxi all guessed that Hongling went out alone to enjoy the flowers yesterday, I was afraid that I would be disappointed in Wu Jiang, and wanted to go out and choose another lover, but I didn't break it.

Jian Xuan glanced at Mrs. Wu and Hongling, turned his head to look at Mrs. Wu and said, "Old Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Hongling, they should have known about Wu Jiang's bullying of the women of the good family, have they told you?" ”

Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Hongling were stunned for a moment, they both lowered their heads, and Mrs. Wu was surprised: "How is it possible, how could they have known about it earlier, if they had known about Wu Jiang, we would have stopped Wu Jiang a long time ago?" ”

Jian Xuan looked at Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Hongling without saying a word, and Mrs. Wu turned her head to see the appearance of Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Hongling, and said in disbelief: "Yan Ling, Hongling, what's the matter with you, are you.. Did you really know what Wu Jiang was doing? ”

Mrs. Wu took a deep breath and looked up and said: "It's not too early, it's also half a year ago, Hongling and I went to the store on Wutong Street to find Wu Jiang, and met a woman outside the store crying and running out of the store, her hair was still a little cold, she was probably the woman who was saved from the girl, after we entered the store, we didn't see Wu Jiang, and asked Ah Lian where Wu Jiang went, Ah Lian panicked, saying that Wu Jiang had just left the store, and she didn't know where Wu Jiang went, we were tired, so we sat in the store for a while, Ah Lian said that the tea was on the second floor, We didn't think much about going to the second floor to get tea leaves and pour tea for us, but Ah Lian just stepped on the stairs, and Wu Jiang walked down from the upper floor, and we all wondered, why did Lu Lian lie to us, saying that Wu Jiang had already left the store? I also saw Wu Jiang and Ah Lian seem to be looking at each other on the stairs, and I thought of the woman who ran out crying just now, and I thought that there must be something in between, but no matter how we asked after we got home, Wu Jiang didn't admit it, and we couldn't do it, so we could only bury our suspicions in our hearts. Who knew that within a month, Wu Jiang was hung outside the street from the girl, Wu Jiang became a thief who could be a man, and we also guessed what was going on that day, although Wu Jiang has always claimed that he was wronged in front of his mother, but Hongling and I know that he deserves it. ”

Old Madam Wu was angry: "Then why don't you tell me about this, and tell me when you find out, maybe I can save it, and I won't let Wu Jiang suffer that humiliation and ruin?" ”

Mrs. Wu said: "Mother, you usually believe in protecting Wu Jiang so much, we tell you, will you believe us?" ”

Mrs. Wu was speechless for a moment and then said: "Then later, after Wu Jiang was humiliated, you told me what you saw, even if I don't believe it all, I will suspect Wu Jiang, and I will send someone to verify, why don't you say it?" ”

Mrs. Wu said: "Wu Jiang threatened us not to say it, and my mother also knew that my mother's family was in the middle of the road, and borrowed a lot of silver from the Wu family before reopening the store to do business, Wu Jiang said that if I told my mother about what happened that day, he would ask the Yan family to return all the money immediately." ”

Old Madam Wu said angrily: "This son of evil, he is really.. It's really.." Old Madam Wu looked up at Hongling again: "What about you, why didn't you tell me?" ”

Hongling said: "I'm just a concubine, Wu Jiang said that if I dare to tell my mother, he will sell me to Qinglou." ”

Old Madam Wu was extremely speechless, and her lips couldn't help trembling.

Jian Xuan said: "Since the two ladies have long held a grudge against Wu Jiang, they haven't thought of getting rid of him?" ”

Mrs. Wu smiled bitterly: "How to get rid of it, let him divorce me, and divorce from him, then I will be criticized, and I just said that my Yan family is in the middle of the road, and I have to rely on the Wu family to survive, and I can only kill him if I want to get rid of him, but since the girl said today that killing people will pay for her life, I don't have the confidence to kill people without leaving a trace, and I have been married to Wu Jiang for decades after all, he is still Yong'er's father, I can't bear to do it." ”

Mrs. Hongling immediately said: "I don't have the courage to kill people, I have a witness, I haven't been back to the room today, you can go to the back mountain to ask, there should be many people who have seen me, I have no chance to poison and kill." ”

Jian Xuan nodded: "Mrs. Hongling, after you and Wu Jiang returned to the room last night, did he say anything to you?" ”

Hongling shook his head: "It's just a complaint, and nothing else is said." ”

Jian Xuan: "What are you complaining about?" ”

Hongling glanced at Congxi and hesitated and said: "It's resentment from the girl, saying that the sins he suffers now are all caused by the girl, if it weren't for Lord Jian and the Qu family to protect the girl, he would definitely find someone to get it.." Kill from the girl. ”

Old Madam Wu was angry and hateful, and thumped the bed and said, "Son, son, how did I give birth to such a son." ”