After seeing off Dr. Hu, Jiao Niang returned to the room and saw Aunt Mao sitting by the bed watching the old lady crying silently. She sent all the maids out of the room.

"Mom, take care, the old lady still needs you to take care of her." Jiao Niang walked over and said.

Aunt Mao burst into tears, "It's all because I failed to take good care of the old lady."

"It's easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows. How can you blame grandma?" Jiao Niang said.

Aunt Mao said bitterly: "I don't know who is so vicious and wants to kill the old lady!"

Jiao Niang said sternly: "If you can replace the almonds that mama has crushed, you must be someone from the courtyard. This is a thief who has become a monk."

"No." Mao Mao immediately denied, "The people who serve in Bai Ling Tang have been with the old lady for many years, so they are trustworthy."

After the sound was over, she suddenly stared: "However, some time ago, because the young master adopted him, he added a few new maids who were just bought from outside. I will go and ask if they are any of them.

"

Seeing her attitude, she was about to tear the maids she said to pieces. Jiao Niang quickly stopped her and said, "Mommy, don't be impulsive. Who can admit it if you go out like this?"

Aunt Mao sighed anxiously, grabbed Jiao Niang's hand and said: "Fifth girl, what do you think we should do about this matter? I have no idea. My uncle is not here at this time."

Jiao Niang held her shoulders. The bones on her shoulders were rugged and abrupt, with no flesh at all. Aunt Mao had worked hard for the old lady for half her life and did everything herself, so it was no wonder she was so thin.

"There are so many people in the courtyard, and anyone can enter the kitchen, so it is really difficult to find out at the moment. But I think that the maid who just came in will not believe that she has such a deep hatred with my grandmother.

"

Mao Mao nodded, and Jiao Niang said slowly, "Besides, with a maid's knowledge, how could she know that bitter almonds are poisonous? Even if she knew, could it be that she brought them in as soon as she entered the house? The source of these bitter almonds is also very suspicious. In my opinion,

Look, the possibility of being bribed is relatively high, and I don’t know who has such a grudge against my grandmother.”

Aunt Mao grabbed Jiao Niang's hand as if grasping the last life-saving straw, "Fifth girl, what do you think we should do now?"

"The most important thing now is the old lady's body. The investigation of the murderer can be postponed for a while. I just informed Dr. Hu and asked him not to mention the old lady's poisoning. Let's not let it out now, so as not to alert the snake. However, from now on,

Someone needs to keep an eye on those little maids at all times, maybe they can find some clues." Jiao Niang said methodically.

Aunt Mao nodded after hearing this, "Fifth girl, thanks to you." She stopped and her eyes drifted towards the direction where Ji lived, "I don't believe others. Although the old lady has a bad temper, she still has a bad temper.

It’s not like anyone would kill her for this.”

Aunt Mao is suspicious of the Shang Ji family, and Jiao Niang actually has this suspicion as well.

In this mansion, the one who has the biggest conflict with the old lady is the Ji family. The old lady took away Brother An to raise him, and then gave Su Qingyin half of the housekeeping power from the Ji family. How can she not be resentful?

Moreover, it was poison, and the method was similar to the one that killed her aunt, which really made people suspicious.

"The cause and effect of everything is mostly about the word "profit", which makes her want to kill the old lady. Obviously, it is impossible to harm others because of this. It is probably because the person has lost the benefit that he will do this."

The words fell into Mao Mao's heart, like a stone hitting her chest violently, which made her even more determined.

Grandma Mao gritted her teeth and said with stern eyes, "If you let me know who harmed the old lady, I will never let her go."

The young lady looked at her, then slowly lowered her eyelids.

In the next few days, the old lady was always surrounded by Jiao Niang and Mao Mao. Ji's Second Aunt and the others also came to visit from time to time, asked Dr. Hu how the old lady was doing, and then left after sitting for a while.

Hua Junyi had already written to Hua Jinye. After receiving the letter, Hua Jinye replied, saying that he had returned and would arrive in about four or five days.

I also wrote a letter to Licheng, hoping that if something happens to the old lady, I won’t be able to see her for the last time.

On this day, as soon as Jiao Niang gave the old lady some medicine, Aunt Mao mysteriously dragged her into the inner room.

"Fifth girl, something was discovered. A maid came to report that a maid named Meier had just sneaked out of the courtyard. She became suspicious, so she followed behind and found that she had hidden something under a locust tree outside the courtyard. At that time, she

I didn't dare to disturb him, but when Mei'er left, she dug it out and saw that it was bitter almonds."

Aunt Mao took out a package wrapped in green cloth from her arms, opened it and showed it to her.

"It seems that the stolen goods are going to be sold."

"Should we tie Meier up for questioning?"

Jiao Niang stopped her, stroking the green cloth with her fingers, "Mom, look at this cloth. It's not something that a little maid can use."

Aunt Mao took a closer look and said, "It's floral soft satin. Although it's not very expensive, there aren't many people in the mansion who can afford it. It was indeed bribed."

"Don't rush to take her. It's just some bitter almonds and we didn't hold her on the spot. She can deny it completely." The girl wrapped the bitter almonds and said, "Bury them again. Don't alert the snake."

Aunt Mao put it away, "Now that we know who the inner ghost is, it's easier to handle."

Jiao Niang looked at her and said, "Mom, what good idea do you have?"

At first, Grandma Mao was really frightened by the old lady and panicked, but she gradually calmed down in the past few days.

"It's bribery. If it doesn't work out, will she get any benefits?"

Jiao Niang immediately understood what she meant, and immediately had an idea in her mind, whispering in Mao Mao's ear.

That night, Mao Mao secretly ordered Bai Ling Tang to be under surveillance. The inside was loose and the outside was tight. There were people hidden everywhere outside the hospital, all of whom were elderly people who were following the old lady.

After one watch, the house was already silent, lights were turned off everywhere, except Bai Ling Tang, which was brightly lit.

Several old women tied up a girl who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, the maid named Meier, into the main hall, and knelt down in front of Jiao Niang and Mao Mao.

"Mother Mao, if you catch me, you will get both the stolen goods and the stolen goods." An old woman took out a stew pot and put it on the table.

Aunt Mao took one look at her and slapped her several times in succession.

This Mei'er was quite courageous. She didn't cry even when she was beaten. She just asked herself what mistake she had made.

"Look what this is?" Aunt Mao threw the unused bitter almonds she found in front of her.

Mei'er, however, was a quick-thinking person, "Mother Mao, please spare my life. It's all because I'm greedy. I thought these almonds were good, so I stole some. I won't dare to do anything anymore."

Aunt Mao snorted coldly, "Greedy? Okay, then you can eat all these almonds in front of me now!"
Chapter completed!