In the middle of the night, Mrs. Wu seemed to be pushed in a daze, and when she opened her eyes and saw a figure standing in front of the bed, Mrs. Wu was shocked: "Who are you?" ”

The figure turned around and walked to the table and sat down and said, "Sister, be quiet, you must not want our current conversation to be known by the third one, otherwise my sister will really have to pay for Wu Jiang's life." It was Hongling's voice.

Mrs. Wu sat up and said in confusion: "Hongling, what do you mean, do you mean, did I kill Wu Jiang?" ”

With the help of the lantern in the corridor, Mrs. Wu saw Hongling leisurely put her right leg on her left leg, and slowly spoke: "Sister, you sneaked out of your room while several servants were not in the courtyard during the day, quickly came to the door of me and Wu Jiang, pushed the door directly into the room, saw that there was no one in the room, picked up a stool, put it in front of the wardrobe, stepped on the stool, reached out and took the oil paper wrapped in arsenic pastry, came to the table, pinched two pastries with your left hand, grabbed the oil paper with your right hand, and sprinkled all the arsenic on the oil paper on the pineapple. Then put the pastry on the oiled paper, return to the wardrobe, step on the stool, put the oiled paper back as it is, then jump off the stool, put the stool back to the table, you put the right index finger in your mouth to lick the wet, through a small hole in the left door paper, the right eye lies on the small hole and peeps out for nearly a quarter of an hour, only to see that there is no one outside the courtyard, find an opportunity to leave, quickly open the door and leave, return to your room, pretend to sleep. ”

Mrs. Wu was incredulously frightened: "You... How do you know that you're not there? ”

Hongling smiled calmly and stubbornly: "I naturally have my own method, sister doesn't need to know, sister, fortunately, what you put in your mouth at that time was the index finger of your right hand, if it is your left hand, are you going to accompany Wu Jiang now, oh, not necessarily, you don't have much arsenic sticky on your hands, maybe you can still survive." ”

Mrs. Wu said timidly: "You... What do you want? ”

Hongling: "Money, I need money, Wu Jiang is gone, I always need some reliance, I understand now, it is better to rely on a man than to rely on money, give me 50,000 taels of silver, I am tight-lipped for my sister." ”

Mrs. Wu: "You are crazy, I don't know if the Wu family has 50,000 taels of silver now, you also know, the Wu family had no business at all a few months ago, and the ready-to-wear clothes could not be sold, and the capital was all lost, even if the Wu family still had 50,000 taels of silver, the Wu family's wealth has always been managed by Wu Jiang and his mother, although Wu Jiang is gone, and his mother, how can I get so much silver." ”

Hongling: "The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, I believe that the Wu family must have 50,000 taels of silver, Wu Jiang is dead, your son is the heir of the Wu family, I think you must have a way to get the money, and your son must be willing to exchange 50,000 taels of silver for his mother's life." ”

Mrs. Wu was angry: "You... If you have no evidence, just say it with one mouth, and the government will believe you, and I can also tell them that you killed Wujiang. ”

Hongling: "Sister, when you put the stool back to the table, you must not have looked at it carefully, after a while, you will light the lamp, put on your shoes and step on the stool, you will understand, you left an ironclad evidence, I took the stool on purpose, and kept it, and now the stool in Wujiang's room was taken by me from another room." Sister, have you guessed what's on the stool? It's not big, it's just your shoe print, although the shoe print is very shallow, the government must have a way to compare it clearly, it's physical evidence, plus my witness, it's enough to take my sister's life? ”

Mrs. Wu was stunned: "You don't deceive me, I didn't see shoe prints on the stool at all." ”

Hongling: "Whether there is or not, my sister will know after verifying it." ”

Mrs. Wu wanted to get out of bed and put on her shoes, Hongling said: "Sister, let's wait, now light the lamp and let others see us chatting privately in the middle of the night, but the explanation is not clear, and that Master Jian may be more suspicious of us." ”

Mrs. Wu pondered for a moment and said, "Even if I promise to give you silver, I have to wait until I return to Jinzhou and return to the Wu family, how can I take out so much silver now?" ”

Hongling: "I know this, so I didn't say that I wanted my sister to give me the silver now, but when I returned to Qu's house, even if the shoe prints on the stool were not covered by dust, they were blown away by the wind, and I couldn't take my sister, so I asked my sister to help me write a note first." ”

Mrs. Wu: "What note?" ”

Hongling: "Write that you killed Wu Jiang, write down the murder in detail, sign my sister's name, stamp the handprint, and send it to my room in a while." ”

Mrs. Wu was furious: "If this note falls into the hands of others, won't I have no way to live?" ”

Hongling stood up and said: "The wealth of the rest of my life depends on this note, how can I let it fall into the hands of others, return to Jinzhou, let's hand over the silver with one hand and the note with the other." ”

Hongling said as she walked out: "Sister, I can't get evidence tonight, I will tell Master Jian everything I know tomorrow morning, you have to hurry, and sister, don't write fake notes to fool me, you know that I am literate." ”

After Hongling finished speaking, he walked away directly.

Mrs. Wu panicked for a moment, immediately walked barefoot out of bed, walked to the table, felt the flint, lit the candle, returned to the bed, took a shoe, put the sole of the shoe in the candlelight and looked carefully for a moment, it seemed to be stained with white powder, Mrs. Wu pressed the sole of the shoe on a stool, the stool was reddish-brown, and a light white shoe print immediately appeared on it, Mrs. Wu looked frightened and sat on the ground.

Mrs. Wu collapsed on the ground for an hour, didn't come up with a good way to stop Hongling, had to pick up a pen and write a good note, and quietly came to Hongling's new room, Mrs. Wu knew that Hongling must be waiting for her, walked to the door of Hongling's room, directly pushed the door into the room, and quickly closed the door, Mrs. Wu turned her head and glanced at the room, there were candles burning on the table, Hongling was lying on the bed, as if she was sitting on the bed tent and waiting for herself, waiting for her to fall asleep, Mrs. Wu secretly hated 'threatening me with such a large sum of money, no wonder I can sleep so sweetly. Mrs. Wu approached Hongling and was about to wake up Hongling, when she caught a glimpse of Hongling holding a dagger in her right hand, and Mrs. Wu secretly hated: "Are you still afraid that I will kill people and kill people?" This thought flashed through her mind, and Mrs. Wu immediately thought, "If Hongling dies, all the troubles will be solved." Mrs. Wu looked down at the dagger in Hongling's hand, the dagger has a scabbard, Hongling's right hand holds the scabbard tightly, the dagger can be pulled out directly, Mrs. Wu hesitated for a moment, put the note in her hand into her arms, leaned over and gently pulled out the dagger in Hongling's hand, held the dagger tightly, looked at Hongling's heart, stabbed it down, waited for a while, Hongling did not move at all, it should be dead.

Mrs. Wu forcefully pulled out the scabbard of Hongling's right hand and put Hongling's right hand on the dagger on her chest, looking like Hongling committed suicide with the dagger. Then Mrs. Wu hurried to the door, and was about to walk away, when she returned to the table and blew out the candles. At this time, it was already light, Mrs. Wu walked to the door, saw that there was no one outside, quickly closed the door, and returned to her room.

In the early morning, a panicked scream resounded through the Bibo Pool, everyone hurriedly put on their clothes and rushed to the sound, Jian Xuan, Congxi, Qu Zaichen and others hurried to the outside of Hongling's room, and saw Hongling's maid Xiaohe stumbling out of the room, her face was frightened, and when she saw everyone, she shouted: "Madam, Madame is dead." ”

Jian Xuan, Congxi, Qu Zaichen, Lan Chu, Bibo and others hurriedly walked into Hongling's room, and saw Hongling lying on the bed, holding a dagger in his right hand, the dagger was inserted in the heart of his left chest. Jian Xuan approached to observe carefully, and found that Hongling's body was slightly undulating, and then he reached out to probe Hongling's snort, and said in surprise: "She is not dead, go and ask Doctor Li." ”

When a few people heard it, they were quite surprised, looking at the position and depth of the dagger, Hongling should have no chance of survival, Bi Bo hesitated slightly, and hurriedly called someone to ask for Dr. Li.

Jian Xuan, Congxi, and Qu Zaichen checked in the house, and found that there were shallow marks on the back window frame, and everyone speculated that the murderer jumped into the room from the window, killed Hongling, and then disguised himself as Hongling to commit suicide? Who is the murderer, does he only have a grudge with Hongling, or is he the same person as the murderer who killed Wu Jiang, if the murderer is the same person, it should not be the women or their parents and family who were bullied by Wu Jiang, they have no reason to kill Hongling, could it be that Hongling and Wu Jiang have another grudge, Hongling has been hiding it and not saying it?

Doctor Li was hurriedly pulled into the house by a servant, and was stunned for a moment when he saw Hongling's appearance, but he still walked to Hongling's side, probed Hongling's snort, his face was surprised, he reached out and pressed Hongling's right chest for a moment, and immediately understood, and looked back at everyone: "I'm treating this lady's injuries now, how many people can go out first?" ”

Jian Xuan, Congxi, Qu Zaichen, and Bibo walked out of the house, Qu Zaichen saw Luo Yi standing in the courtyard, looked at Luo Yi and said, "You go to the back window to guard, lest the murderer know that Mrs. Hongling is not dead, and then kill people." ”

Loy nodded and left.

Congxi: "The murderer is so bold to kill people in front of so many of us. ”

Qu Zaichen: "I don't know, just in case, the murderer stabbed his chest, he was determined to take Mrs. Hongling's life, Mrs. Hongling's heart is different from others, it grows on the right chest, so she can still live, this should be what the murderer never expected, so if the murderer knows that Mrs. Hongling is still alive, he may not jump off the wall in a hurry." ”

Congxi: "The heart grows on the right chest, I heard Grandpa He say it before, it is rare, but I didn't expect this Mrs. Hongling to be blessed with a unique life." However, how do you know if her heart is on the left or right chest, just because she was not dead by being stabbed in her left chest, or if her heart is a little more deviated than ordinary people? Or did Qu Er Gongzi have other unusual relationships with Mrs. Hongling, and only knew so clearly? ”

Qu Zaichen said calmly: "I just saw Dr. Li pressing Mrs. Hongling's right chest, and his face immediately showed a look of relief, so I guessed that this can make Mrs. feel relieved." ”

Congxi: "Qu Er Gongzi didn't study seriously when he was a child, he used the wrong word, even if you have something to do with Mrs. Hongling, it's none of my business, how can I let go of my feelings, continue to use the explanation of doubts, go back and ask a gentleman, you and Qu Miaozhi will learn my Huaxia profound words and witty words." ”

Before Qu Zaichen could speak, Wu Yong and Mrs. Wu helped Mrs. Wu to come over, and Mrs. Wu looked at Jian Xuan and said, "Lord Jian, what's the matter, what's wrong with Hongling?" ”

Jian Xuan: "I was murdered and was stabbed in the chest, but fortunately, Mrs. Hongling is blessed and should not be in danger of life." ”

When Mrs. Wu heard this, her face was pale, her legs were weak, she stumbled, and almost fell, Wu Yong hurriedly held on, Mrs. Wu looked up and saw that everyone was looking at her, and hurriedly explained: "Who is the murderer, first killed Wu Jiang, and then killed Hongling, do you want to destroy our Wu family?" Yong'er, mother, you all have to be careful? ”

Jian Xuan stared at Mrs. Wu with a puzzled expression: "It shouldn't be, if the murderer wants to destroy the Wu family, after killing Wu Jiang, he shouldn't choose Mrs. Hongling, she is just a concubine of the Wu family after all." However, since Mrs. Wu is worried, I still want to ask, who has the Wu family offended recently, and if the murderer wants to destroy the Wu family, he must have a deep grudge against the Wu family? ”

Old Madam Wu, Wu Yong, and Mrs. Wu looked at each other in shock for a moment, and Old Madam Wu said: "No, except for Wu Jiang's affairs, we have never had a grudge against anyone, and Wu Jiang did what I... I.."

Mrs. Wu was a little speechless, she found more and more that she didn't know much about her son, Mrs. Wu used to think that even if Wu Jiang was not a saint, he was also a benevolent gentleman, majestic and upright, benevolent and credible, but now...

Jian Xuan said clearly: "Old Madam Wu doesn't have to worry, Mrs. Hongling may have seen the appearance of the murderer, and when she wakes up and tells the real murderer, the Wu family will naturally be safe." ”

Old Madam Wu glanced at the door of Hongling's room and nodded anxiously, while Madame Wu's face became even paler.

In the middle of the morning, Cang Ze returned with the four arresters of the government and Yu Zhuo and Song Su, and the body of Wu Jiang was examined again, confirming that Wu Jiang died of arsenic poisoning, and no other clues were found. Jian Xuan asked Yu Zhuo and Song Su to protect the rest of the Wu family from accidents.

Congxi saw Yu Zhuo and said: "Let you come to the soup pool, you said that you wanted to accompany Yu Tong more, but it turned out to be here, but there is no time to soak in the soup pool, how is Yu Tong?" ”

Yu Zhuo smiled and said: "It's much better, Dr. He said that after a period of recuperation, he will be able to walk down the road like a normal person, Yu Tong said that after he recovers, he will stay in the Natural Medicine Hall as Dr. He's apprentice, and learn medical skills to save more people in the future." Dr. He also agreed to accept him as an apprentice. ”

Congxi also smiled: "It's okay, you can not only learn to make a living, but also help the world and save people, Yu Tong is kind and clever, and he will definitely be a good doctor in the future." ”

Yu Zhuo Yunpu smiled proudly again: "Doctor He also said so, my father was happy to hear it." ”

Congxi laughed: "You're not happy, you have 10,000 flowers on your face, I don't know, I thought you were the champion and became the prime minister." ”

Yu Zhuo smiled shyly again: "I won't talk to you anymore, Master Jian asked us to protect the Wu family, and we will go first." ”

Congxi nodded, and Yu Zhuo and Song Su left together.