"How long did they have a fight last night?" Su Yizhao asked, stroking his fingers.
"I listened for half an hour. Yao kept talking about this matter over and over again. During this period, he also complained about some trivial things. I felt really sleepy after hearing this, so I fell asleep."
"Does that mean it took more than half an hour? The argument lasted for so long?"
Su Yizhao felt that since there was such a noise, it must be quite big! The noise might also be heard in the cabin on the other side and on the opposite side.
"I was very tired listening close to the cabin board, so that's all I heard."
The woman touched the curling stone and refused to put it down. Uncle Zhong behind Su Yizhao looked at her with eager eyes, muttering in his heart that this woman looked so cold.
Su Yizhao analyzed that the voices of Master Du and his wife were not loud, and they were very sleepy, so others may not have heard anything.
After a while, the woman thought of something else, and said with a stroke of her hand: "Oh! By the way, I also heard her mention her dowry shop, saying that her parents had bought her a dowry shop in the capital and dozens of acres of fertile land.
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"Mr. Du once persuaded her to use it for emergencies, but she refused. In the end, the money circulation was blocked and the business failed. For this reason, Mr. Du even complained to her several times, saying that it was her fault that the business failed. The two of them because of this
, they started arguing again.”
"Did your master hear anything?" Su Yizhao asked about the woman's husband again, maybe her husband could have any clues.
"My husband slept so deeply at night, how could he hear anything? There was a quarrel during the day before, and he happened to go to the deck with other passengers to watch the river view. I heard the quarrel and came back to tell him."
The woman said, pinching the handkerchief, "Master also advised me not to meddle in other people's affairs, now! If it weren't for your beauty and cuteness, I wouldn't tell you. Don't tell Master Du about this, so as not to say anything behind my back.
Taoists know right and wrong."
Su Yizhao responded vaguely and asked the woman what else she heard. The woman shook her head and never thought of anything else.
"Young master, I think you and your son come from a wealthy family in the capital, right? What does your family do for a living? Is anyone in your family an official? Have any of your elders made an engagement for you?"
After asking the question, the woman did not leave in a hurry. Instead, she pulled Su Yizhao and asked her about her family background.
Su Yizhao couldn't help but smile. She was only nine years old! Is this woman going to miss her?
"I have been a childhood sweetheart since childhood..." Su Yizhao had to make up a lie in order to get rid of her entanglement.
When the woman heard this, she immediately understood, with a look of regret on her face.
"I have a little girl at home who is about the same age as you. She is also pretty and cute. You two are perfect for each other! Oh! What a pity!"
"My parents have ordered me to be a matchmaker, so how can the younger generation go beyond the elders and discuss marriage with others in private? Auntie, it's better not to have fun with me!"
Su Yizhao sent the woman out who wanted to talk more, and the woman's husband came in next.
Su Yizhao asked him about the situation, and it was indeed as the woman said. The man didn't know anything about the couple, and his limited understanding was through the woman's mouth.
I also asked the man in the cabin on the other side of Mr. and Mrs. Du, but found no valuable clues.
The cabin opposite was occupied by a young couple who had just married. They were newlyweds, happy and carefree, and didn't care about other people's affairs at all.
After questioning all the ship passengers, Su Yizhao sorted through the records and found that the most clues were those provided by the woman.
She took out Mr. Du's confession and read it carefully several times. She thought about it for a long time, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind.
When she got up and was about to go find Mr. Yang, she found her sleeves sank, and she was suddenly pleasantly surprised.
"Xiangsi, are you finally awake?" Su Yizhao looked at a small head protruding from his sleeve and finally felt relieved.
"I've been sleeping for too long and I'm too lazy to move. How did we get on the boat?" Xiangsi looked around and asked curiously.
"I'll explain this to you later. I have something important to do now. Please help me."
"You started squeezing me as soon as I woke up, are you still not a human being?" Xiangsi said angrily, blowing her beard and staring.
"It turns out that you, too, are of the same mind. The student had previously obtained an authentic painting of Ouyang's Spring Sleeping Picture."
In the room, Su Wenqing was pulling Master Yang to talk with great interest.
"Oh? So it's Fourth Master Su who has to go? I heard that the Spring Sleeping Picture was auctioned that day, and one person spent a lot of money. It turned out to be Fourth Master Su!" Mr. Yang said in surprise.
Spending a lot of money? Oops! The four families are scrimping on food and clothing, and are looked down upon by others, but this father is spending a lot of money?
Su Yizhao snorted in her heart. When she found the Spring Sleeping Picture, she would sell it for money.
I heard that my grandfather often subsidized Su Wenqing in private, and it turned out to be true. But this scumbag father only cares about himself and his own pleasure, and doesn’t even care about the other people in the fourth room!
Mr. Yang just handed over the inquiry to Su Yizhao. Unexpectedly, the two of them drank tea leisurely here.
The only ones who suffered were Su Yizhao and Shopkeeper Zhou. Shopkeeper Zhou not only had to urge the boatmen to sail faster, but also had to summon the thugs on the boat to prepare in case Jiang bandits really attacked.
Su Yizhao had to sigh, these two people were so calm!
"Sir! The inquiry has ended. The students have sorted it out a little. Please take a look!"
Su Yizhao handed over the paper in his hand, glanced at Su Wenqing, and found that he also leaned his head to take a look.
"Have you found any clues?" Mr. Yang found a stack of paper in his hand and suddenly felt dizzy and asked simply.
"This junior has taken a rough look at it. One of the things is very suspicious. It's up to you to decide."
"Oh? Young Master, please elaborate."
After Master Yang had just talked with Su Wenqing, he knew the identities of the two of them, but his attitude did not change because they were just commoners. On the contrary, his attitude became more polite than before.
In fact, Su Yizhao knew in her heart that third-rank officials were very intimidating in the local area. Although she and her father were concubines, their family backgrounds were not bad.
"I have asked other ship passengers, and only Mrs. Quan, who is next door to Mr. Du, knows something about them."
Master Yang nodded when he heard this, motioned for Su Yizhao to sit down and said.
Su Yizhao was caught by his auntie some time ago and violated the etiquette. Naturally, he did not dare to sit down. Then he explained in detail to Mr. Yang what Mrs. Quan had dictated.
"So, the reason he and his wife had a quarrel was because they failed to make a living?" Mr. Yang said thoughtfully.
"Indeed! Mr. Du also got into a dispute with Mrs. Quan because Mrs. Quan refused to come up with the dowry to make up for it." Su Yizhao nodded.
"In this case, Mr. Du has a very good motive! Perhaps he resented Mrs. Quan for refusing to give her dowry, and then Madam Quan discovered that he had mortgaged his house and shop, and was afraid that he would be looked down upon by his father-in-law's family when he returned.
Kill him with pain?"
Su Wenqing also started to speculate. He felt that Mr. Du was very suspicious from the beginning to the end.