Chapter 305 The maid who reveals her true feelings
As soon as the family sat down in the main hall, a thin little maid hurried in.
Lin Jinhui stood up quickly and asked, "Ming'er, how is your family doing?"
Hearing the name of the maid who was the younger sister, Chu Nanzhi also looked over and saw Ming'er's gloomy little face and replied bitterly: "Second Niang, the master will accompany Jiang Xiaoniang to take Sanniang's coffin outside the city.
It’s Polo Temple.”
"Polo'an?"
Chu Nanzhi heard this name very familiar and couldn't help but read it out.
"Those who died young in Luyan Port will be sent to Puo'an for burial."
Lin Jinxiao took a slow sip of tea and explained to her in a cold voice.
Then he glanced at Lin Jinhui with a cold expression and said: "Jinhui will stay at home with you these days. I will take the babies to sleep with you at night."
Although I felt very unhappy, it was a bit scary to think of her looking for life and death around him in the county government office today.
Chu Nanzhi nodded pretending to be reluctant, but her heart was already filled with joy.
In this way, you can sleep in separate rooms with the pretty boy as a matter of course.
Lin Jinhui looked at her unhappy look, and went over pitifully and begged: "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid, I don't dare to go back."
Hearing her mention this topic, Chu Nan Zhi asked pointedly: "What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid."
Lin Jinhui covered her mouth and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid Lin Sanniang will seek my life."
"If you keep talking nonsense, I will send you home right now."
Lin Jinxiao looked at the three little treasures sitting quietly in front of him and said with some dissatisfaction.
Lin Jinhui was too scared to speak anymore.
Chu Nanzhi took her and Ming'er to the bedroom, closed the door, sat on the edge of the bed together, and then asked: "Jin Hui, tell me the truth, was it you who caused Lin Sanniang's death?"
Lin Jinhui shook her head with tears in her eyes, and just as she was about to speak, Chu Nanzhi immediately emphasized: "Think it over carefully. The reason why you can come out safe and sound now is because your mother took the initiative to confess, which cleared you of the suspicion."
"It's not me, sister-in-law. It's really not me, and it won't be my mother."
Lin Jinhui was heartbroken and threw herself into her arms again, crying in pain and mumbling:
"Brother Jinxiao didn't let me cry in front of you, but I couldn't help it. I heard that my mother was imprisoned. I wanted to see my mother, but they didn't let me. If I weren't worried about my mother, I would really be alive now.
I no longer have any desire to go down."
Ming'er also explained bitterly: "Ms. Chu, my second mother rested after she returned to the room last night. She never went out at all."
"How can you prove that you two have never been out?"
Seeing how determined her tone was, Chu Nanzhi asked curiously.
Ming'er frowned: "She kicked the door to Er Niang's room a few days ago and she hasn't had time to repair it, so when the door is opened, it makes a sound no matter how soft it is, and the lancet window is in the attic, and it is
It's by the pond. Er Niang is timid and doesn't know how to swim. It's impossible for her to climb out through the lancet window in the middle of the night."
At this point, Ming'er suddenly paused and carefully observed the two of them for a long time. He hesitated several times before continuing:
"Last night, I tossed and turned in the ear room until almost dawn before falling asleep. I didn't hear any movement in Er Niang's room at all. Even if the footsteps could be covered up, the sound of Er Niang opening the door if she went downstairs would definitely not be covered up.
"
As soon as Ming'er finished speaking, Lin Jinhui was immediately dissatisfied.
She glared at Ming'er angrily and scolded: "You damn girl, why didn't you say this this morning?"
"Slave. Servant"
Ming'er buried his head and did not dare to answer.
"She was afraid of being suspected."
Chu Nanzhi answered for her.
Lin Jinhui became even more angry when she heard this. She glared at Ming'er and said loudly, "It turns out it's you. You framed my mother."
Ming'er was so anxious that she waved her hand immediately: "Er Niang, it's not me, it's not me. You and the mistress treat me very well. How could this slave do such an outrageous thing?"
Chu Nanzhi grabbed Lin Jinhui and smiled warmly at Ming'er: "It certainly can't be her."
Seeing that Lin Jinhui's mood had become much more stable, she said in detail: "If I kill Lin Sanniang tomorrow, and your mother has confessed now, why would she risk being suspected and come back to clear your suspicions?"
As she said this, she glanced at Ming'er again, and continued: "If you don't tell me all this, I might doubt you, but you explained it so clearly, it shows that you have serious intentions.
Frankly, as for you tossing and turning until dawn, you think it’s because you were frightened when you followed Jin Hui to Lin Sanniang’s house last night?”
Ming'er pursed her lips tightly and nodded heavily: "That's true. Although Er Niang and San Niang often had arguments in the past, they were never as serious as last night. Even San Niang came out with a knife to scare Er Niang. I'm really worried.
Erniang will be hurt by her one day."
Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but blame Lin Jinhui: "What your mother said last night is not unreasonable. You clearly know Sanniang's nature, why bother to provoke her again."
"I can't get angry either."
Lin Jinhui sobbed: "On weekdays, she always pretends to be weak and pitiful in front of my father, and makes trouble, which makes my father unhappy and even scolds me. But last night, she actually encouraged her second uncle and third uncle to come together to embarrass my mother and me.
Sister-in-law, you and your family even made my mother cry."
After choking up a few times, she rubbed her teary eyes hard and became even more sad: "My mother is usually an easy-going person, but she has always been respectful and obedient in front of the elders in the clan, but these elders still feel that
My mother is not tolerant and is really angry."
"What happened last night is in the past, and there is no point in worrying about it anymore."
Now that the suspicion of Lin Jinhui's master and servant has been eliminated, the next target of suspicion can only be those in the Zhou family courtyard.
After thinking for a moment, Chu Nanzhi looked at Lin Jinhui and said in detail: "Today, the guards found the murderous boning knife in the small pond in your mother's courtyard, so your mother confessed."
"It can't be the mistress's wife."
Ming'er looked at Chu Nanzhi firmly and vowed: "If the mistress wanted to harm Lin Sanniang, she could have gotten rid of Lin Sanniang fifteen years ago. Why should she tolerate them until today?"
"Where do you start talking about this?"
Chu Nanzhi looked surprised.
I never thought there was something else hidden behind this.
Lin Jinhui and Ming'er looked at each other in disbelief. Thinking of the past, she felt very upset, feeling that her mother should not have been a woman's benevolence in the first place.
After thinking over and over again, she took Ming'er's words and confirmed in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, it's true. If it weren't for my mother, Lin Sanniang would have died long ago."