Chapter 19 Touching Porcelain
Cui Wei walked straight into the inner house and was about to pay tribute to Mrs. Lin. As soon as he walked into the yard, he was stopped by the manager's mother.
"Second Master," said the manager's mother, "You can wait a moment, the lady is changing her clothes."
As soon as the manager's mother finished speaking, a maid carried water in. Cui Wei frowned, looking like this, her mother was preparing to take a shower.
Mother is taking a shower at this time?
Mrs. Huaiyuan Hou is still at home, and her fourth brother has just been taken to prison. There are still many things to arrange for in the family. Since my mother came to Taiyuan, she should take charge of the overall situation. Why is this happening now?
He knew in advance that his mother had left the clan. He did not mention it to his elder brother. Firstly, it was because the mother decided that could not be changed, and secondly, it was important to investigate the case in Taiyuan at the moment, and they did not have more energy to deal with anything else. Although he received the news that his mother secretly asked someone to tell him, the elder brother had a close friend in the mansion, and someone would inevitably report it to him. The elder brother did not stop him and was unwilling to refute his mother's face.
I hope my mother's trip will go smoothly. My elder brother is already very worried because of the situation in Taiyuan and has no energy to deal with these trivial matters.
"What's wrong?" Cui Wei asked.
"Miss cousin played with bugs, and the bug accidentally crawled into the grandma's clothes," said the manager's mother, "You know that the grandma's most afraid of those things. She still feels uncomfortable after changing her clothes, so she just took a shower. Fortunately, Mrs. Huaiyuan Hou was not someone else, and the grandma came out later."
Cui Wei nodded: "Then I'll go to the main hall to wait for my mother."
As soon as Cui Wei walked out of Mrs. Lin's yard, he saw Mrs. Cui Si and Mrs. Lin greeting him.
"Second Master," Mrs. Cui Si rushed to speak, "How is the master? What's going on..."
After Mrs. Cui Si said this, she immediately stepped forward to salute: "For the sake of the same clan and clan, can you tell me about the situation in the prison?"
Seeing that Mrs. Cui Si was about to worship him, Cui Wei couldn't reach out to support him, so he had to hide aside: "Sister-in-law is going to destroy me."
Mrs. Cui Si's eyes were red: "Since the master has been arrested and put in prison, news will come out sooner or later. Why not let me know first, and I am also prepared in my heart."
"Second Master, just say it," said Mrs. Lin, "How can such a thing be hidden?"
Cui Wei turned around and looked at his mother's yard. It was best for his mother to deal with him now. His mother could not come for the time being, and he could not refuse. He could not really let his fourth sister-in-law kneel down and beg him.
Cui Wei said: "Let's go to the main hall. If the fourth sister-in-law has anything to say, I will not hide it as long as I know it."
Mrs. Cui Si breathed a sigh of relief.
After a few people entered the house, Cui Wei spoke directly: "Last night, the government office caught a few people in Yong'an Lane."
Cui Wei said this and looked at Mrs. Lin: "After the yamen interrogated, I learned that those people knew the murderer who harmed Zhuzhu."
Although Mrs. Lin had expected it, she was still a little shocked to get the answer.
Cui Wei was about to continue talking when he saw Gu Mingzhu tiptoe in and head straight into the corner.
"Zhuzhu," said Mrs. Lin immediately, "What are you doing in?"
Baotong hurriedly replied: "The bug scared the grandma just now. The lady saw it and began to look for these things everywhere. She probably was afraid that the bug would come out and bump into the grandma. It was useless for the servants to persuade him several times."
Children are inadvertent in their work, and no one can bear to scold them. Mrs. Lin looked at Gu Mingzhu so seriously and sighed.
Mrs. Cui was eager to learn about the situation behind from Cui Wei, and immediately said: "Zhuzhu doesn't know anything, and she's okay here. Second Master will continue to talk!"
Cui Wei glanced at Gu Mingzhu before speaking again: "In fact, since the case of Jinta Temple, the yamen has sent more people to find out the news of the bandits, but there has been no gains. We suspect that someone in the public ranks to inform the bandits, so we set up a spy.
Theft cases often occur at night, and the news is informed at night. Of course, the most convenient way to update the husbands is to catch the people in Yong'an Lane because people are watching the updates." Naturally, he couldn't say that, the fourth brother suddenly returned to Taiyuan, which made the eldest brother suspicious, so he asked his confidants to secretly monitor the fourth brother's every move.
Mrs. Cui Si couldn't help but say, "What does this have to do with the master?"
This is the most critical point, Cui Wei said: "That night, the fourth brother talked to the updater who reported the news."
Mrs. Cui opened her eyes wide and remembered that the master had taken people out after dark. It was not that the master was arrested was completely unfounded.
Mrs. Cui Si's chest was as if it was pressed by a big rock, and she was about to breathe: "This is not considered evidence. Can all the people who talk to the cockerman be accomplices?"
Cui Wei said: "When the yamen interrogated the updater, the updater admitted that it was the fourth brother and asked him to report to the thieves and bandits."
Mrs. Cui's face was even more ugly, but she retorted without thinking: "It was someone who framed the blame. The updater could not believe what the chef said. How could we be a thief? What is the money lost by the merchants to our Cui family? How could we arrest my master with just one word?"
Cui Wei looked at Mrs. Cui: "Two years ago, the wife and children in the husband's family died of illness and wanted to commit suicide in the forest. When the fourth brother went to the village, he happened to rescue him and found him the job of the husband. He had already had contact with the fourth brother.
The updater also said that the bandits had been hiding in the Cuijia Village. It was originally the safest place, but I got the news in advance that the yamen had to carefully check the various houses, so I asked the bandits to go to Yong'an Lane. The fourth brother was anxious to leave Taiyuan Mansion and found a more suitable place to hide the bandits. Later, I heard that my elder brother had returned to Taiyuan. The fourth brother hurried back to the old house because he was afraid of making a mistake."
"It's all lies," Mrs. Cui Si's eyes rolled in tears, "Didn't the marquis ask the master?"
"I asked," Cui Wei pursed his lips, "The fourth brother knew the updater and did not admit that he had hidden the bandits, but the updater said so clearly that it was impossible for the yamen to not investigate, so he temporarily left the fourth brother in prison and sent people to our village..."
Mrs. Cui Si collapsed in the chair, her mind was blank and she had no thoughts.
"Fourth Sister-in-law," Cui Wei said, "Brother has been watching the yamen all the time. Don't worry, if the fourth brother has not done it, no one can wrongly accuse him. Whether it is the eldest brother or the Cui family in Taiyuan Prefecture, it is still prestigious."
The implication is that if the master is guilty, the Cui family and the Marquis will not care. Mrs. Cui didn't dare to think about it. She shook her head desperately: "The master was wronged."
Cui Wei said: "We all want to help the fourth brother. If you know anything, you can tell your elder brother, so you can let the fourth brother come back as soon as possible."
What did she know? Mrs. Cui Si kept chasing in her mind. For so many years, the master would never do such a thing without her being able to hide it. She vaguely thought of something. Mrs. Cui Si tried her best to grasp the flash of thought.
Cui Wei looked at Mrs. Cui. Before coming out of the prison, his elder brother told him to persuade his sister-in-law. After entering the prison, the fourth brother refused to say anything except for complaints, but he could see that the fourth brother had a secret in his heart. The matter was found out from the Cui family. They must first figure it out and must not be robbed by others.
There was a strange thing in the Taiyuan Prefecture case from the Cui family. The Cui family was no longer inseparable from it and let others control it. Wouldn't Dingning Hou Mansion be stuck?
Especially Wei Yuanchen will take action at some point.
Cui Wei subconsciously frowned when he thought of Wei Yuanchen's cold gaze.
"Anyway," Cui Wei said, "our Cui family is one, and no one can stay out of it if something happens. The fourth sister-in-law wants to trust the eldest brother."
"We Cui has been in Taiyuan Prefecture for nearly a hundred years. Who dares to make a decision?" Mrs. Lin walked into the house. "Brother Zhen made great contributions to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Whoever harmed him would be incompatible with the law of nature."
Mrs. Lin sat in the main seat and her eyes fell on Mrs. Cui Si: "What do you know? You still hide it and refuse to say it. If something happened to the fourth brother in the future, it would be too late for you to regret it."
Mrs. Cui Si felt Mrs. Lin's aggressive aura and shrank.
"I have been in the clan for many years, but I don't know if anyone has ever been to the village? Brother Zhen has no confidence to hand over the tribe affairs to you. This is how you manage your family? Now that this happens, Brother Zhen is involved. Brother Zhen is at stake in the Xuanfu war. Now he still has to worry about these things. In the past, he saw you do things properly, but now it seems..." Mrs. Lin's voice stopped abruptly, and the corner of her clothes was pulled by someone.
"aunt……"
That's Gu Mingzhu.
Mrs. Lin looked over and saw that there seemed to be a small black dot on the back of Gu Mingzhu's hand. She almost immediately thought of the insects, and subconsciously waved her sleeves to brush away the insects that were lingering in her heart. Such a small action made Gu Mingzhu unstable and fell to the ground.
Successfully hit the car.
"Woo~" Gu Mingzhu immediately cried out.
Mrs. Lin immediately stood up and said, "Zhuzhu."
The mother in charge next to her also hurriedly helped Gu Mingzhu.
Mrs. Lin's majestic expression suddenly disappeared without a trace. She was just about to make a fuss just now, making Mrs. Cui panic, so that she might be able to ask the truth, but she didn't expect to be interrupted by Zhuzhu.
"Zhuzhu, my aunt didn't mean it." Mrs. Lin didn't know what was wrong with her. When she saw Gu Mingzhu, she would think of the centipede crawling on her underwear. However, just now she just waved her hand and why did Zhuzhu fall? In the eyes of others, she even thought she was putting her anger on Zhuzhu.
Mrs. Lin felt more and more that Zhou Rujun was at work, otherwise why would something happen to the Cui family? She would be so unhappy.
The atmosphere was suddenly disrupted and he lost the opportunity to torture Mrs. Cui Si, so Mrs. Lin had to sit there and drink tea.
Mrs. Cui felt more and more guilty, and always felt that Zhuzhu was implicated by her. If it weren't for the master's affairs that made Taima unhappy, Taima wouldn't have pushed Zhuzhu in annoyance.
"Zhuzhu, let my sister-in-law see if she was injured?
Zhuzhu, don’t cry, will the fourth sister-in-law make you osmanthus cake?”
Hearing Mrs. Cui Si's words, Gu Mingzhu gradually stopped crying.
"Now, sister-in-law, go and do it." Mrs. Cui cheered up and accused Mrs. Lin first and retreated.
"Tell me immediately what you think of," Mrs. Lin couldn't stop her, and she reminded her with a stern face, "The prison is not where people live, and you can get the fourth child out if you find out earlier."
Mrs. Cui No. 4 nodded and pulled Gu Mingzhu out of the main hall.
Mrs. Lin also went out: "Mrs. Fourth, please hand over Zhuzhu to me! I will take her back to have snacks. The Fourth Master has not come back yet. You have a lot of things in the house, so how can you do these things?"
Mrs. Cui Si burst into tears when she heard this: "Mrs. Lin, at this time, you advised me that if those things really have something to do with my master, I don't know how to face you. Marquis Huaiyuan was punished for losing his horse, and Zhuzhu was almost harmed in Jinta Temple. I..."
Seeing Mrs. Cui Si's appearance, Mrs. Lin sighed: "The case has not been investigated yet, so you don't have to be too serious." She has known Mr. Cui Si and Mrs. Cui Si for a long time, and always feels that they are not such people.
"You just ask me to make osmanthus cake for Zhuzhu. All I can do now is this," Mrs. Cui Si said and bit her mouth, "If you are worried..."
"How could it be," said Mrs. Lin, "Don't think too much."
As the two of them were talking, Mrs. Cui Si's two children also ran over. Gu Mingzhu took the bamboo dragonfly from Baotong and waved to the two children. The two children immediately showed a longing expression.
Mrs. Lin sighed secretly and looked at Mrs. Cui Si: "You go and do it, I'll take them to play in the garden."
Mrs. Cui Si went all the way to the kitchen, and the surroundings finally became quiet. She tried hard to sort out the thoughts in her mind. As soon as she put the osmanthus cake in the steamer, she heard the mother in charge say, "Second uncle is here."
Second brother.
Mrs. Cui was delighted. The second brother was a co-minister of Taiyuan Prefecture and was involved in the arrest of theft. The second brother must have known the whole story. Thinking of this, she hurriedly ordered: "Hurry, invite the second master to my house." So that before she could talk to her second brother, the grandma would call the person away first.
In the yard, the prefect of Taiyuan Prefecture Lu Shenzhi was looking at his sister's children. He wanted to go directly to his sister's house, but was attracted by the childish children.
The child was still so young, Lu Shenzhi clenched his hands, his legs and feet seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he could not move a single step.
"Zhuzhu stop running far."
Hearing this, Lu Shenzhi looked around and saw a teenage girl shuttle through the bamboo forest. She was the eldest daughter of the Huaiyuan Hou family. She was almost killed in the Jinta Temple. According to Miss Gu, there were other murderers in the Jinta Temple at that time. He always wanted to know what the murderer looked like, but the Cui family said that Miss Gu was incomplete and could not explain it clearly.
Even if you are mentally incomplete, you may be able to reveal some useful clues. Now Miss Gu is in front of you...
Chapter completed!