After listening to Chu Nanzhi's words, Zhao Taigong nodded doubtfully: "But I just heard from the servants who came back that Mrs. Chu went to the county government and was very depressed when she came out. Wasn't it because she was embarrassed by the poor settlement? You
Never hide anything from me."
"Then it has nothing to do with this matter."
Chu Nanzhi looked at his concerned expression and did not dare to hide it. She answered truthfully: "It was just because of a murder case that happened in the clan that the Nu family went to the county government office."
"The case at Lin Tingzhen's house?"
Taigong Zhao couldn't help but ask.
This matter has been aroused in the county in the past two days.
Chu Nanzhi replied: "Yes."
"Isn't this case closed? Are there any other problems?"
Mentioning this matter, Zhao Taigong couldn't help but look gloomy: "To say that the head of the Lin family is also a tolerant and generous person. He has taken in other people's children for so many years, not only did he not treat them too harshly, but he also treated them as his own. This Jiang
The second mother-in-law finally got a blessing in disguise and met a noble person."
"Other people's children?"
Chu Nanzhi felt as if he heard a thunderbolt from the blue, and his ears kept buzzing.
This is really a big melon falling from the sky.
She asked excitedly: "Do you think Grandpa Jiang recognizes Miss Jiang, the head of the Lin family?"
"Nature knows it."
Zhao Taigong buried his head calmly and sighed softly: "The second mother-in-law of the Jiang family is the sister of Jiang Yuqing, the second wife of the old man. When she was in Tong County, she often lived in the old man's house."
"I see."
The question that had puzzled her for a long time finally got the answer. Chu Nanzhi's heart was boiling and she still couldn't calm down.
When he went to the Zhao Mansion before, he heard him mention his wife Jiang, but he never thought that Miss Jiang was also his old friend.
At the moment, she just suspected Jiang Xiaoniang of killing her daughter, but she didn't want to say it clearly. She pretended to be curious and continued to ask: "Just now, the Grand Duke said that the Jiang family was a blessing in disguise. What's the reason for this?"
Hearing this, Taigong Zhao suddenly became wary and said cautiously: "Why is Mrs. Chu so interested in the affairs of the second mother of the Jiang family?"
"Well, women, after being bored at home all day long, don't always like to hear strange things."
Chu Nanzhi smiled naively.
"You are quite honest."
After speaking, Taigong Zhao waved to the servants in the hall and sent everyone out. Then he glanced at Sang Qi who was next to Chu Nanzhi.
"This is my personal maid. She is like a sister to me. She will not talk nonsense outside."
Chu Nanzhi saw that Sang Qi was the only servant left in the house, but he did not dare to send her out again.
Taigong Zhao nodded hesitantly and said with a warm smile: "It doesn't matter, anyway, these are old things."
After thinking about it, a look of shame gradually appeared in his eyes, and he said in a low tone:
"It's Lao Cao's fault that this happened. When Jiang Erniang came to my house, it was the time when Wu Enrong made friends with Lao Cao. Wu Enrong was greedy for Er Niang's beauty, and Er Niang was obsessed with Wu Enrong's power and wanted to marry her.
When they entered Wu's house, they fell in love with her eldest sister behind the old man's back, and even made a private contract for life.
By the time the old lady and her eldest sister found out, Er Niang was already pregnant. At that time, Wu Enrong had attached himself to the young lady of a high-ranking official's family in the county. He broke his promise and abandoned Er Niang and her daughter, and married the current Wen family.
She was expelled from the family and almost died in a pig cage. Fortunately, an old nun beside her rescued her, so she left her hometown and came to Luyan Port."
"Wu Enrong and Jiang Xiaoniang's affair was a matter of mutual consent. Why did the Grandfather blame himself?"
In just over a month, Chu Nanzhi had heard Wu Enrong's name several times.
The dignified governor of Pingning County did not expect that the past would be so unbearable.
First, in order to curry favor with Taigong Zhao, he instigated him to abandon his wife Jiang Yuqing and marry his eldest sister Wu. He also took the opportunity to make Jiang Yuqing's sister pregnant and marry someone else.
Such people are really disgusting to the extreme.
It's a good thing that I didn't go to the county to do anything to defeat Cao Fushi last month.
Zhao Taigong sighed and continued: "When Jiang Erniang and the old nanny beside her found Lao Chan, Lao Chan had already married elder sister Wu Enrong and moved their family to Luyan Port. She wanted Lao Chan to make the decision for her, but Wu Enrong
I have been promoted to the prefect of Pingning County. How can I dare to offend? I am afraid that my late mother and my late wife Wu will find out about this, so I hurriedly gave her a hundred taels of silver and sent her away."
So later she fell into prostitution and became an entertainer.
Chu Nanzhi speculated.
I don’t know how this beautiful woman hooked up with Lin Tingzhen while she was pregnant, nor did Lin Tingzhen know that Jiang Erniang was pregnant at the time?
Zhao Taigong saw that she was dazed in thought. He slapped the table with his hand full of thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Wu Enrong is the person I regret most in my life. I only regret that he did not die back then."
In Tong County, Jiang Erniang is the one to blame, and she has harmed both the old man and herself."
"What do you mean by Grandpa's words?"
Chu Nanzhi was startled by his sudden and sharp palm, and quickly raised her head to look at him closely.
Zhao Taigong's eyebrows were deeply sunken, and he explained in annoyance: "When he was in the upper reaches of Huiran Lake in Tong County, he almost fell into the lake and drowned. If Jiang Erniang hadn't rescued him, he wouldn't be as lucky as he is today.
"
"My little aunt still knows the nature of water?"
Chu Nanzhi asked in surprise.
"How can a woman who grew up on a fishing boat not know the nature of water?"
Taigong Zhao did not expect this woman to be such a gossip, but with an attitude of appreciating her, he patiently explained to her clearly.
Chu Nanzhi suddenly had an idea, and all the problems were solved.
Combining the clues deduced with Lin Jinxiao at the county government office, it seems that the murderer of Lin Sanniang must be Jiang Xiaoniang.
This trip was really not in vain, and I had such an unexpected gain.
After figuring out the cause of the matter, she had no intention of staying here anymore and was about to stand up to leave. Zhao Taigong frowned in panic: "Mrs. Chu, are you leaving now?"
"The misunderstanding between my husband and I has been clarified to the Grand Duke. I appreciate the Grand Duke's kindness. However, there are still children at home who need to be taken care of, so I will go back first."
Chu Nanzhi was worried that he would be obsessed with Lin Jinxiao's divorce, and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
"If it is true as Mrs. Chu said, the matter between you and your wife is just a misunderstanding, then I will have to keep you here. When Magistrate Lin took office, he openly opposed the entire wealthy gentry in Luyan Port. Although he
He cares about the people and is respectable and admirable, but the powerful and evil gentry in Luyan Port have been entrenched here for many years, and the forces involved behind them involve all the powerful people in Jingling City. I am afraid that he alone cannot shake them."
At this point, Zhao Taigong suddenly paused, motioned for her to sit down again, and continued seriously:
"Ms. Chu is kind to our Zhao family. Whether Lin Jinxiao is alive or dead has nothing to do with me, but I will never tolerate Mrs. Chu being burdened by her. Madam Chu has also seen it today. I have no ill intentions towards you, but I just want to
Have reverence.”
Chu Nanzhi raised her eyes and looked outside the hall. The maids and nurses were all standing neatly at the door. From the moment she entered until now, everything seemed upright and aboveboard. There was really no intention to insult or frame her.
He is worthy of being the richest man in Luyan Port. Even though he is overbearing and arrogant, he does everything openly and does not play tricks behind his back.