Jinyi Music

Chapter 291 Sure enough, there is another adulterer

Silian nodded,

"Xiang Ling, a rough envoy, has grudges with others, but she must not have reached the point of life and death. Moreover, she was strangled to death with a rope from behind. Judging from her injuries, she should be young and strong. Men have such strength..."

After thinking about it, I said,
"If Xiangling had an affair with the man in this house, and went to the back mountain for a tryst with her fiancé, if the man found out and killed him... that would explain the murder..."

Mrs. Liu nodded, glanced at her and said,

"This statement can make sense..."

Ask Silian again,

"What should I do now?"

Silian Road,
"My daughter-in-law sent Wang's mother back home to look for Xiangling's belongings. The fetus in her womb is more than three months old. She must have been hooked up with that man for a long time. Let's wait for Wang's mother to go. Look for it, see if you can find any clues?"

Liu nodded,

"According to your inference, the murderer must also be in this village, and he must be among the people who came with us..."

Si Lian nodded, and Mrs. Liu snorted,
"I know about this!"

Silian put the Xiangling's internal organs back, then sewed up her stomach, and put on the clothes. Her hands were extremely dexterous, and she paid great attention when dissecting the corpse. It's not obvious from the outside, but Mrs. Liu watched the whole process from the side, nodded and said,
"Based on your skill, it should be tight enough to take over your father's mantle!"

Silian gave a wry smile,
"Mother-in-law, this Daqing Dynasty has never heard of a female widow!"

Liu sighed,
"In this world...women can't get ahead!"

After tidying up the corpse, Silian and Liu Shi went to see Li Wu again, and asked when the two met privately this year, Li Wu responded,
"She has been unable to come out. She only found a chance to meet me once in the first five days, and yesterday was the second time..."

It seems that the child in Xiangling's stomach is really not his!
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other, Liu said,
"Until this matter is over, you still need to stay in the firewood room and not move around at will..."

After a pause,

"Three meals a day, someone brings them to you!"

As the mistress of the family, Mrs. Liu is willing to talk to Li Wu in such a pleasant manner, which is most likely to blame Li Wu. Although Li Wu is honest, he can also feel the gentleness in Liu's tone, and he knows that he may be able to wash away. Getting rid of suspicion, he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed,
"Little one, listen to Madam!"

"Ok!"

Mrs. Liu nodded, and then led Si Lian away.

It's almost three o'clock now, Liu Shi sent Si Lian back to sleep, Si Lian was also tired, went back to her yard, changed her clothes, asked Cui Qiao to burn them, and went from head to toe After washing her feet, she sat on the couch by the window, asked Cuixi to take a handkerchief to wipe her hair, and Cuiqiao, who was burning clothes outside, came in to report,
"Young Madam, Mother Wang is back!"

Silian was a little surprised,

"Mama Wang moves so fast?"

While talking, Wang's mother, who was dressed in night clothes, came back. She had just returned, and before she had time to change her clothes, she carried a bundle in her hand.
"Young lady..."

Silian asked,

"Mama Wang is really good at light work. She came and went so far, so she came back?"

Mama Wang smiled and said,
"This old slave's kung fu is nothing, and he is considered a third-rate in Jianghu. If there is such a first-rate master, he should come back at least an hour earlier!"

While talking, he put the bundle in his hand on the table, untied the top knot, and revealed another bundle inside,

"Young Madam, this old slave found this in Xiangling's room..."

As she spoke, she opened the knot inside and revealed the contents inside. Si Lian only took a look from a distance, then sat up straight, put on her shoes and got down on the bed to look.

"This... all belong to Xiangling?"

Mama Wang nodded,
"She also lived in a four-person room in the mansion, and the quilt on the bed was very clean. At first glance, I really can't see anything strange..."

She paused and said,

"The old slave fumbled on her bed for a while, and found a secret compartment under the bed board, where these things were found..."

Si Lian looked at a golden hairpin, three silver bracelets, and a satin dress in the bundle, and couldn't help frowning,
"Where did she get these things?"

Mother Wang snorted,
"For a poor envoy, the monthly money plus the reward is only twenty or thirty copper coins. Although this gold hairpin is hollow, it is still gold, even if she doesn't eat or drink. Can’t afford it in ten or eight years?”

Silian nodded,

"It seems... I guessed right, this Xiangling must be a man who has a good relationship, and this man should have some family, otherwise... where did you get the money to buy these things for her?"

Mama Wang nodded,
"The old slave feels the same way!"

After Silian saw it, she thought for a while and told Cuixi to say,
"Put these things away and send them to Madam tomorrow!"

Cuixi put away the things as she said, and Silian said to Ms. Wang,

"Mom has worked hard, it's getting late, go back and rest first, we'll talk tomorrow if we have something to say!"

Mother Wang nodded and retreated, and Si Lian also went to bed.

This sleep was only woken up after three poles in the sun, she got up and was eating in the living room, when Fifth Yiniang came,

"Silian! What happened yesterday...how did I hear..."

While talking, Fifth Aunt came over and whispered,
"I heard...you cut that dead girl up?"

Silian nodded, Wu Yiniang's eyes widened in fright, she covered her mouth,
"You... aren't you afraid?"

Silian smiled and said,

"Auntie, have you forgotten what my family does?"

Fifth Yiniang thought of it and said "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"You are a daughter's family, how dare your father let you cut someone to death?"

Silian Road,
"My father originally wanted to pass on the craftsmanship of wuzuo to my brother, but my brother is timid, and his feet are limp when he sees a dead body. The sisters in my family are the only one who is more courageous... In the past, I was the one who delivered the food to the house inspection Here, sometimes my dad is too busy to eat, so I help him..."

Wu Yiniang nodded when she heard the words, and then she was dissatisfied with Jia Jincheng,
"Your father is serious, you are a daughter, how dare he let you touch a dead body..."

After finishing speaking, she pulled Si Lian's hand and whispered,
"This matter is a matter of the mansion. It is up to the wife to decide. You don't need to force yourself to stand out. If you do well, you should. If you don't do well... I'm afraid you will be responsible for it. In the future... like this Get away from everything!"

Si Lian nodded after hearing this, and responded honestly and well-behaved,
"Okay, listen to Auntie!"

Fifth Yiniang nodded in satisfaction. Although this child is from a lower background, he has a good temper. Our Eighth Young Master really has vision. Such a child will not suffer if he is willing to listen to the old man!

Wu Yiniang watched Si Lian eating in small bites, so she took a spoon and added some for her.

"Look at you, you eat so little, no wonder your body is still so thin..."

The two were talking and eating here, when Cuixi came in to report,
"Young Madam, Madam sent someone to invite you to the front yard..."

Silian nodded, put down the bowl in her hand, Wu Yiniang hurriedly urged,

"Don't force yourself to stand out. If Madam asks you, just say it, and don't speak casually if you don't ask!"

Silian nodded, and after cleaning her hands and face, she took the things Wang's mother brought back yesterday, and then went to the front yard, where all the maids and women were standing in the corridor with their heads bowed, and Mrs. Liu in the hall looked dignified. Talking to Mrs. Guan, seeing Silian coming, she showed a smile and waved to her,

"I know you worked hard yesterday, but I deliberately didn't call you early today..."

Si Lian went forward to salute, met with Guan Shi again, then sat aside and said,

"Mother-in-law, mother Wang came back last night..."

"Oh... but did you find something?"

Silian nodded, indicating to Cuixi to take out the bundle. Cuixi sent the bundle to the small table next to Mrs. Liu, and opened two layers of bundles to reveal the contents inside. Silian said,
"Mother Wang found it in the secret compartment of Xiangling's bed..."

When Liu Shi saw these things, her face sank. She is the mistress of the housekeeper, and she knows how much money the whole family has.
"Where did she, a rough girl, get these things?"

Si Lian spoke out her deduction,
"Mother-in-law, it seems that Xiangling does have another lover. This man should have some family background and be generous, so he can give her these things..."

And Xiangling is such a good friend, she should be very caring about her!

Mrs. Liu nodded and narrowed her eyes.
"It seems... there are really ghosts in this mansion!"

If that Xiangling's adulterer is from the family, and he can act so generously, then he is at least a man in charge!

In an instant, Mrs. Liu had already filtered out all the big and small stewards in the mansion in her heart, secretly thinking about which ones were the most likely. She originally only thought that she governed the mansion very strictly, and the stewards of the mansion must She didn't have the guts to have an affair with a girl, but now that she has seen all the witnesses and material evidence, she thought about it carefully, and felt that everyone was very suspicious, and her complexion became cloudy for a while.

At this time, Si Lian opened her mouth to remind her,
"Mother-in-law, Xiangling works as an envoy in your yard on weekdays. There should not be many stewards in this house who can interact with her..."

Liu thought about it and nodded,
"We also need to remove the ones from the left-behind mansion..."

Mrs. Guan also figured out the joints, and hurriedly asked Mrs. Liu,

"Then... mother-in-law, how should we investigate now?"

Liu Dao,
"It's not difficult. First call someone over and ask what you did the afternoon before. Is there anyone to prove it?"

It's not difficult to find out, there were only four stewards following them out of the city, Mrs. Liu called them to her front, shunned the girls and women in the yard, and then asked where the stewards were going on the day the accident happened.

The stewards each had their own opinions. Some went out to inspect the fields with the head of the farm, some settled accounts in the mansion, some inspected sick trees in the orchard, and some went out of the farm to buy in the city. Because they were stewards, they all carried I got someone, and I called the next person to ask, all of them have a beginning and a tail, and there is a basis for it. I compared it twice, but there is no one suspicious!

(End of this chapter)