When Zhou Yue came back from Xu's house, she saw many government servants standing in front of Kong's house.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yue asked immediately when she saw the steward next to Li Xu.
Manager Sun was acquainted with Zhou Yue and immediately stepped forward and said: "Master Jiu suspected that there was an informant around the eldest lady, so he brought the government officials to investigate the servants of the Kong family."
Zhou Yue couldn't help but feel happy. Although he trusted Jiulang very much, he still felt a little nervous before the matter was settled. He didn't expect to see such a situation when he came out of Anyihou Mansion, and he suddenly felt relaxed.
Zhou Yue immediately stepped into Kong's house.
The servants of the Kong family were taken for interrogation one by one, and there was a tense atmosphere in the yard.
"It really has nothing to do with us," a servant suddenly shouted, "The officials should ask Mother Zheng. After buying the persimmon cakes, they didn't go into the kitchen. They were all kept by Mother Zheng."
The servants in the yard looked inside the house, and it was obvious that Mother Zheng was in the house.
Zhou Yue's eyes flashed slightly, and Li Xu took the servants of the Kong family for interrogation. The ones who could still stay in the house should be the capable stewards around Mrs. Kong.
In the room, Mother Zheng stood aside with her hands lowered. She seemed very calm on the surface, but she still couldn't help but quickly raised her head and glanced at Miss Li and Li Xu.
Li Xu looked at Miss Li: "Did the eldest sister specially ask someone to buy the persimmon cakes?"
Miss Li nodded.
Li Xu looked calm and asked Zheng's mother: "You have been keeping the persimmon cakes since I bought them?"
"Yes," Mother Zheng said, "I don't know when the eldest lady wants to eat, so I just stay in the house."
As soon as Zheng's mother finished speaking, the Yamen immediately brought in the maid.
The maid immediately knelt on the ground after entering the door: "This slave usually serves in the house. Seeing Mother Zheng locking the bought persimmons in a small cabinet, the slave is still wondering why they are not sent to the big kitchen. There are earth dragons here and it is not suitable to put these.
Eat..."
As the maid spoke, she glanced at Mother Zheng tremblingly, with a look of fear on her face. If the official hadn't interrogated her, she would not have dared to say this.
The maid swallowed and continued: "Only Mother Zheng has the key to the small cabinet."
Mother Zheng subconsciously clenched her hands when she heard this: "After you buy the persimmons, they are indeed taken care of by slaves. How could the slaves know that the persimmons have been poisoned?"
Having said this, Mother Zheng immediately looked at Miss Li: "This slave is the dowry of Second Mistress. She has been serving her in the house when she was still in the boudoir. I am loyal to Second Mistress and will never harm Second Mistress."
The maid who was kneeling on the ground glanced at Li Xu, bit her lips and continued: "On the night when the second mistress was poisoned, I saw Mother Zheng going to the yard alone with a lamp, standing under the pear tree and looking out of the wall. I felt that
Out of curiosity, I watched from the sidelines, and then the sky seemed to light up, like a firelight flashing across it.
When Mother Zheng saw her, she immediately turned around and walked back. After a while, Mistress Zheng started to have a stomachache."
Mother Zheng looked at the little maid with fierce eyes: "What is your purpose in making up these words to frame me? Could it be that you were bribed to poison the second mistress."
The little maid said this out of courage, but when Mother Zheng was so frightened, her whole body was trembling: "Second Grandma, Mr. Li Jiu, I don't dare to talk nonsense."
Li Xu stood up and looked at the Yamen: "Take Mother Zheng down for interrogation."
Before Mother Zheng spoke, Miss Li immediately stopped her: "Ninth Brother, is this too hasty? Why don't you ask others carefully?"
Mother Zheng also knelt down: "My whole family is working as servants in the Kong family. Without Mrs. Kong, we would not have any good results. There is no way I would do such a thing."
Li Xu's eyes were cold: "I asked the imperial doctor that the amount of poison was controlled just right so that nothing would happen to the eldest sister and the unborn child. How could ordinary people take this into account when poisoning? In addition, there were many poisons that night.
The only person serving my sister is Mother Zheng. She has to poison her at the right time to achieve her goal."
When Mama Zheng heard this, her legs softened immediately and she almost knelt down and sat there.
After saying this, Li Xu looked at Miss Li: "I heard that the eldest sister has had a bad appetite these past two days and doesn't like sweets. Is it the eldest sister's intention to eat persimmons at night, or was it something that Mother Zheng mentioned to the eldest sister?
"
Miss Li and Li Xu looked at each other, feeling that his gaze was deep and deep, as if he could see through everything. Before Miss Li could speak, she only heard a voice coming from the yard.
"What's going on here?"
Miss Li immediately looked out the window, and then a servant of the Kong family came to report: "Second Grandma, the Fifth Master is here."
Hearing Master Kong Wu, Mother Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground, shivered without anyone noticing.
The steward invited Mr. Kong Wu in. Seeing the situation in the room, Mr. Kong was confused: "Second sister-in-law, ninth brother, what are you doing?"
Li Xu stood up and greeted Kong Wuye.
Miss Li pursed her lips and couldn't help but said: "Fifth brother, where is your second brother? Is he here too?"
"Second brother went to meet General Shen and ordered me to come to the capital to wait for him." Kong Wuye looked at Zheng's mother and the maid, "Are these servants making Second Sister-in-law unhappy? Just send them away. We in the Kong family can't bully
The Lord’s servants.”
As soon as Kong Wuye finished speaking, Zheng's mother suddenly stood up from the ground and threw herself forward.
Kong Wuye, who was closest to Mother Zheng, reacted first and immediately stepped forward and kicked Mother Zheng in the heart. Mother Zheng let out a muffled grunt and immediately flew out and hit the wall heavily.
The incident was so sudden that everyone came to their senses only after Zheng's mother's body fell to the ground.
The maid screamed in surprise, and Miss Li opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth.
Li Xu had already walked to Zheng's mother to check the situation. Blood kept pouring out of Zheng's mouth and nose. Her eyes were staring in the direction of Kong Wuye, and her mouth was opening and closing as if she had something to say.
"Hurry...come here quickly," Miss Li turned pale and shouted loudly, "Please come here...have a look, Mother Zheng..."
Li Xu straightened up and told the clerk: "Carry the person down!" Zheng's mother's chest collapsed, and the broken bones pierced her heart. She was hopeless.
"Fifth Master, why are you so cruel?" Miss Li's eyes were red and she didn't know what to say.
Kong Wuye walked forward with a stern face and picked up a hairpin from the ground: "I saw this person holding a sharp weapon in her hand, and I was afraid that she would hurt the second sister-in-law, so I didn't think much about it...after all, the force was too much...like this
The death of my slave is not a pity, my second sister-in-law does not need to feel sad for her."
Mother Zheng's body twitched a few times and soon became motionless. Looking at all this, Miss Li suddenly felt nauseated and couldn't help but bend over and vomit.
The servants of the Kong family immediately came forward to serve him.
Mother Zheng was dead, and Miss Li looked like this. It was obviously not suitable to ask questions anymore, so Li Xu got up and walked out of the house.
Kong Wuye immediately caught up with him: "Ninth brother, don't blame me for being rude. You will inevitably be like this after being in the army for a long time. Please tell me carefully what happened."
Li Xu stopped and turned to look at Master Kong Wu.
Kong Wuye's eyebrows relaxed and he allowed Li Xu to examine him.
Li Xu said calmly: "Why did Lord Kong Wu come to Beijing?"
Master Kong Wu reached out and patted Li Xu on the shoulder: "Let's find a place to talk slowly. It concerns our Kong family and Li family. If we can seize this opportunity, our two surnames will definitely prosper in the future."
Li Xu said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy for the Kong family to gain a foothold in the southeast through Shen Congrong."
Kong Wuye said with a smile: "As long as you can hold his handle, you will have wind and rain," he paused slightly and said, "Ninth Brother, do you know whose relationship Shen Congrong borrowed to be where he is today?" status?
I went to investigate Shen Congrong and accidentally discovered a secret. Shen Congrong was raised by a chamberlain in the palace. The reason why the chamberlain did this was probably related to the rebellion of King Wei.
Ninth Brother is so smart, why waste time on a servant, why not investigate this case."