Gu Xiang raised his eyebrows: "I remember Constable Zhang said that Xue Shan is innocent?"
Constable Zhang was stunned: "Xue Shan's father and grandfather are both from the capital. Xue Shan's father used to be a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue for several years. Later, he went to illness and Xue Shan started his family business. He was indeed innocent... Well, the Fan family is indeed rich, maybe he has been kind enough to be with his subordinates?"
He didn't believe this as soon as he said this.
Xue Shan is so capable. How big a sucker should the Fan Zhenghong family leader of the Fan family be to make the shopkeeper under him so powerful?
"Xue Shan has lived in such a house over the years, so confident? The Fan family has no reaction? It's a strange thing!"
Constable Zhang stared at the Xue family's house, gritted his teeth, and felt envious and jealous.
He worked as a constable in Kaifeng Prefecture for nearly ten years. Now he is a family of more than a dozen people, crowded in a rented small house. He doesn't want to say a few private words to the tigress at home. He is just a shopkeeper of a winery shop. He lives in such a big house and has more than twenty concubines. He is not inferior to those rich families.
Now that Xue Shan died, the Xue family was covered in white and cried everywhere. Constable Zhang sighed: "It's pitiful. Xue Shan has two concubines, who were just fifteen years old and had just taken them home for less than half a year. They were a pair of sisters. As soon as he died, his wife sold the man over. The two concubines used to be well-off. As a result, a flood passed, and the family was exhausted. Their parents sold them, not only to alleviate the difficulties in the family, but also to ask for a way out for their two daughters, but they didn't expect to fall into this place."
Since Gu Xiang came to this era, he has heard such tragic stories countless times and has long since taken them seriously.
If those two concubines were not for their good-looking and gentle personality, and heard that they were still literate and sly, I am afraid that even Constable Zhang would not have mentioned the word "tragic".
This New Year, every household has not had any tragedy?
While speaking, Gu Xiang and Constable Zhang quickly entered the Xue family and headed straight to the mourning hall.
The servants walked, sat and lie down in an orderly manner along the way, so they were very grand.
Xue Shan's body is still in the yamen, but the mourning hall has been arranged at home and the coffin has been prepared.
In the mourning hall, Xue Shan’s wife Fang and eleven concubines knelt in front of the hall and cried. They burned a basket of paper money, and the whole house and the yard were filled with smoke.
The rich fragrance of incense came to his face. Gu Xiang paused and retreated. Xueying took a step forward in an instant, holding the sword bag behind him in his hand. He hesitated for a moment, but did not draw the sword immediately.
Constable Zhang was startled and looked around. All he saw were maids and maids.
During the hesitation, I suddenly heard a shrill cry.
"Madam, Madam! Let me stay and serve you. I will be obedient in the future. Woo woo woo woo woo woo don't sell me!"
Constable Zhang frowned immediately, and saw two rough women dragging a young woman in her twenties on the side of the road and walking straight out of the door.
His heart was shocked and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Gu Xiang and Xueying, for fear that Xueying would start a massacre here and make a fuss.
In his heart, Gu Xiang was a soft-hearted woman. I was afraid she couldn't stand it, but it was someone else's family matter and outsiders could not control it at all.
Gu Xiang did not move at all, and Xueying didn't even change his face. Constable Zhang was suddenly a little surprised, but he breathed a sigh of relief.
When Fang saw them, she slowly stood up from the ground to greet her. She was covered in white, thin and pale and haggard, as thin as a piece of paper.
The awkward displeasure in Constable Zhang couldn't help but dissipate a little. The outsiders didn't know the inside story about other people's back home, so there was no need to say much. Perhaps Madam Fang was too sad and was crazy.
Sighing, Constable Zhang whispered: "Miss Fang, please feel sorry for me. Our Kaifeng Prefecture will definitely catch the murderer as soon as possible and give you an explanation."
Fang did not move, and shook his head gently: "Everyone is dead, what else do you need to explain? If Constable Zhang really pity our family, the old and weak, he would quickly send back the body of our heads so that he could be buried in peace."
Gu Xiang's eyes turned on Fang's body, stopped on her shoes for a while, then turned his head and stopped on the brightly blooming clusters of flowers in the yard, and suddenly asked, "Woman, do you eat Sixi Meatballs today?"
Fang was stunned, his lips moved, and he looked up slowly at Gu Xiang. He didn't say anything for a while. The maid next to her hurriedly said, "Go back to my little lady, our wife is still in the mood to eat Sixi meatballs. I just pity the young man at home, who is weak and has a bad appetite. Then he ordered the kitchen to make some dishes that the young man likes, and the kitchen was not careful. Alas, at this time, it is said that the family should not eat these meats. The young man also felt sorry for our wife, so he forced her to eat some."
Gu Xiang shook his head: "If this happens, it's all the time. I believe that Manager Xue has a spirit in the sky, and I hope that all my wife and son at home are well."
Her voice was extremely gentle, and the tense expression on the girl's face dissipated a little. Then Gu Xiang took a breath and said gently, "I am a chef. It is really pleasant to smell the Sixi Meatballs with such a unique flavor."
"This meat is pork, three thin and seven fat, not the common flavor nowadays, it seems that there is some dogwood inside?"
Gu Xiang chuckled, "The tastes of the capital are so light. I also run restaurants, but I always hesitate when I determine the tastes. Now it seems that the capital is not unable to eat some heavy tastes."
Fang glanced at her, then lowered her head and kept silent.
She looked sad, and even Constable Zhang couldn't bear to ask anything more. Gu Xiang didn't ask too much, but just looked around casually, and said goodbye with Constable Zhang.
After leaving the door, Constable Zhang hesitated for a while. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Gu Xiang say, "Miss Fang has packed her bags and is about to travel far."
Constable Zhang was stunned: "Ah?"
He didn't see anything. In his eyes, everything in the Xue family was as usual.
Gu Xiang whispered: "Miss Fang put her feet on, and now she wears loose and comfortable shoes. Not only Madam Fang, but even the beautiful concubine of the Xue family who was about to be sold, had just put her feet on. The ones kneeling in the mourning hall were the same."
"They let go, afraid they want to travel far away." Gu Xiang turned to look at Xueying, "I have someone to stare at it. If it is really sold, let's buy it. Since we can meet, it's fate."
Xueying responded casually, but frequently looked back to see the Xue family.
"Ask me, will the Xue family house be sold?"
Xueying really liked the Xue family's house. "The wine cellar of his house is very well built and tight. It is just right to buy it to build a safe house for the young lady. The house we bought is actually not in a good position. I dare not dig too deep in the cellar, which is not as good as this one."
Constable Zhang closed his eyes and finally found a chance to speak: "Miss Gu, do you suspect this lady? Xue Shan is dead. As Xue Shan's wife, she still has the heart to eat Sixi meatballs, and she is afraid she has no mercy to Xue Shan."
Chapter completed!