The little maidens led the way to the dwelling of a row of people. It was quite spacious, with seven or eight rooms, each of which was about the size of the maids' rooms in Jia's mother's house.

Stopping in front of the middle room, the little maids pointed to the door and said, "Mrs. Fang is inside." If the girl doesn't dislike it, go in and have a look. If you feel that you can't get into your eyes and nose, you should come out quickly. ”

Jia Xuan was keenly aware of their mention of smell, and when he opened the door, he paused slightly and slowly pushed it away.

There was no light in the room, and there was an inexplicable stench. Ordinary people don't necessarily know, but Jia Xuan knows that this is a smell similar to that of a carrion, but there is relatively little carrion, even if it stinks, it is scattered far away from the house but not too strong, and it will only smell bad. Once it gets close, it irritates the nasal passages and almost gags.

The mother-in-law, who has a high fever on the bed, usually tends to the flowers and plants in the yard, and is not too close to others, but is also easy-going, and has always lived in harmony with other people.

Therefore, when she was sick this time, she would not be ignored, and occasionally two or three maids would take turns pouring her a glass of water and feeding her, but no matter how much else, they would not do it.

At this moment, the maids and women in other rooms heard the movement and walked here one after another to watch.

Jia Xuan looked back at them: "I want to see Fang Pozi's wounds." ”

Suddenly, some older maids came in and lit the lamp, and came to her with the lamp in their hands. The fava bean-like candle flame flickered, illuminating the surrounding area.

Another mother-in-law who originally lived with Mrs. Fang took the initiative to come in and said, "Girl, I am also in this house." Mrs. Fang has been sick for a few days, and last night she started to have a high fever and talked nonsense. We gave her all kinds of methods to use no fever, so we moved out of the house and went to other people's houses to squeeze in. ”

She stepped forward and lifted Mrs. Fang's quilt, intending to gently lift her clothes to show Jia Xuan the wounds.

Who knew that as soon as she touched Fang Pozi's body, she let out an "oops", and her body froze completely.

Jia Xuan stretched out his hand and touched it, only to realize that Mrs. Fang's body was not hot at all, but cold. I don't know when I lost my life.

The mother-in-law who stretched out her hand came back to her senses for a long time, and her voice was sad: "How can you say that it is gone?" I was still thinking about it just now, Ming'er went to the kitchen to see if any master had some white porridge left, and brought it over to feed her. Why is it gone? ”

She chattered for a long time, talking over and over about her other mother-in-law's intentions.

Jia Xuan knew that it would take a while for a person to cool down after he died. Mrs. Fang must have been here for a long time, otherwise how could she find out that she was dead when she was cold.

She didn't say much, and only waited for the chattering person to sigh and not squeak before asking, "How did Mrs. Fang's injury begin?" ”

The woman asked, "Does the girl want to know more details, or is it just a rough idea?" Don't blame my wife for having a broken mouth, I also heard that you are helping the government investigate the case today, and I wonder if you will be willing to listen to more details. ”

Jia Xuan bowed: "The more detailed and trivial, the better." ”

"In the past, there were some small wounds, but they were bitten by mosquitoes, so I didn't care much about them." The woman said: "Seriously, in the past two months, there have been some very deep wounds, but they are not too big, they look like rats, and I went to the kitchen to ask for some ash on the stove, and I didn't take it seriously." Who knew that she didn't start to feel well in the past few days, first with a low fever, then with a high fever. Yesterday we weren't very conscious, and we didn't think we could look at it. ”

Jia Xuan remembered that when someone in the Hou Mansion was sick in the past, Mrs. Hou and the others would send someone to administer medicine, so she asked, "Why didn't you tell Mrs. when you had a fever at the beginning?" It's good to talk to grandma and find a doctor to prescribe some medicine. ”

The woman smiled bitterly and said: "Girl, don't you know, the Hou Mansion is really shocked these days, but whenever you throw a stone, you can stir up a big wave." What kind of prince goes to the flower building, what prince goes to the small house, there are a lot of such things every day, and they all rush to Mrs. Hula. No matter how powerful things are on our side, it is just a trivial matter when it comes to the master, even if it comes to us, who will care? It's just that the girl is kind, let's take a look. If you don't come, you will find her cold early in the morning, and throw it out with a straw mat. ”

Someone at the door muttered: "The reason why the little guy's death is valued is also because it is related to the reputation of the prince." Otherwise, who cares? ”

Someone next to him said, "You can say a few words!" ”

Jia Xuan was silent.

Hong Wenchang's series of events caused the entire Hou Mansion to begin to become more and more decadent. From the master to the subordinate, there is no place that is functioning normally, and there is a gap between the master and the servant.

This is not a good sign.

For now, the plan is to find out the real culprit as soon as possible and clean up the Hou Mansion. If Jia Xuan is not mistaken, it is Hong Wenchang's transformation, and he is also the poisoner of that person.

Jia Xuan asked her mother-in-law to help find the rotten wound and leaned over to look at it. Pus oozed from the festering wounds, mixed with the ashes that had been smeared, and the mud was muddy and stuck to the flesh, smelly and unbearable.

Jia Xuan asked the drowsy Gu to come over for a moment. The image of a magnified wound comes to mind, and if you look closely, you can still find small gnawing wounds and cuts.

"Where did she go on a daily basis?" Jia Xuan asked the woman.

The mother-in-law said: "Just plant a kind of flower and plant everywhere." Because she is old and experienced, the people who care for flowers and plants in various yards will come to her to have a look. ”

Jia Xuan's head.

Where there are many flowers and plants, there are naturally many insects. If there are Gu worms mixed in it, it is indeed not easy to find.

It can be seen that the murderer is a cautious person.

At this time, a big girl came up to this side and asked in a loud voice, "What's the matter?" I heard that Miss Xuan is here, but you are making trouble and making a noise with the girl? The tone was very harsh.

Originally, Mrs. Hou sent her to take the little maids to keep vigil for Jia Xuan, but she was lazy and went to the side to rest. I never thought that she would meet Miss Xuan running out of the house, she knew that it was too late, so she hurriedly came over and scolded her.

Jia Xuan naturally knew these details, and took care of her impatiently, and only asked the people at the door: "Do the rest of you have similar wounds?" Big or small, if you have, talk to me. ”

For a long time, no one answered.

In the end, a mother-in-law hesitated and said: "Back to the girl, I am not injured, but I heard that someone has been bitten like this, and I also said that it should be bitten by mice, and complained to me that no one in the house is in charge, so that rats dare to run all over the ground." ”

"Who is it?"

"Cuixiang beside Aunt Liu."

"What's your name?"

"My husband's surname is Zheng, you can call me Zheng Tiezhu's family, and I am responsible for the courtyard cleaning."

This house is inhabited by rough work, and the right-hand men who serve in front of the masters on weekdays do not live in such a place.

Aunt Liu is Hong Wenchang's concubine, Jia Xuan has never been to her residence and doesn't know the way, so she called Zheng Tiezhu's family and said, "You go with me to Aunt Liu's place and ask Cuixiang a few words." ”

The big girl wanted to follow, but she didn't agree, so she only let Zheng Tiezhu's entourage be by her side.