Feng Chu felt very unhappy because she had nothing to do all night.
Hearing that Mr. Zou was going to tell a story, he first poured tea for Xu Qinghuan and Madam Chang, then brought a bowl of tea for himself, then skillfully set up a small stove and started roasting soybeans on it.
After getting ready together, Feng Chu nuzzled her lips towards Zou, indicating that Zou could start speaking.
When Zou saw what Feng Chu was doing, she was so shocked that she forgot to sing. While she was in a daze, she felt a cold sensation on her buttocks, something wet smeared on her buttocks, followed by heartbreaking pain.
"Damn it, this is just rubbing salt into my face."
After Zou shouted, she began to struggle hard, but at this moment she only heard a "pop" sound and was slapped on the buttocks.
Mrs. Chang said coldly: "This medicinal material is used to stop bleeding. If you get it off, I will kill you."
Feng Chu chewed the soybeans loudly and said with a smile: "She is right, she has touched the most corpses. There was another one a few days ago. Her belly was so swollen that the water on the corpse was dripping.
pile."
Zou covered her mouth, fearing that she would spit out the overnight meal.
After struggling for a long time, I finally got it right.
Ms. Zou looked at the calm and composed little girl: "Miss Xu, I've done it all."
Sun Chong heard something thrilling outside. Why did he feel that the people around Miss Xu were getting weirder and weirder, and he quite liked this strange smell.
He cautiously glanced at Song Chengxuan not far away.
Seeing Song Chengxuan's expression unchanged and drinking tea calmly, Sun Chong suddenly felt that he seemed a bit worthless.
Ms. Zou stopped singing, and poured out everything she knew like a bamboo tube: "When the Cui family moved, I went over to help. I took a look at Ms. Cui from a distance. Ms. Cui's appearance was neither ordinary nor ordinary.
Now Mrs. Guangping Hou has such a delicate color, and the most important thing is that Cui's feet are very big. I compared them carefully and they were a few points bigger than mine. When I got home, I told them as a joke to my family.
Whether I have lied or not, all you have to do is ask around.
A few years ago, I made a pair of embroidered shoes for Mrs. Cui, hoping to please her. Unexpectedly, the shoes were much worse than before. Mrs. Yu, who was next to Ms. Cui, thought I was clumsy. I was scolded for not being convinced, so I scolded her in the garden.
Cui's words were unexpectedly heard by the Second Master. The Second Master invited me to come to Ba Cheng this time because of what he said back then."
Xu Qinghuan said: "Are you sure?"
Zou said: "Yes, this is not wrong. If not for this, why would someone come to kill me tonight? Is it because they are afraid that I will expose Cui?"
When Ms. Zou said this, she heard someone outside say: "Where is Auntie?"
A trace of fear appeared on Zou's face. Mrs. Chang covered Zou with the quilt and said, "Don't be afraid, you can't die."
The eerie voice made Zou calm down a lot.
Sun Chong coughed.
Xu Qinghuan said: "The medicine has been taken, you can come in."
The door was pushed open, and Mrs. Guangping Hou walked in. Behind her were Zhao Muwei and Mr. Zhao.
"The murderer is here." Zou shouted in frustration and grabbed Mrs. Chang's hand tightly.
Mrs. Guangping Hou looked very calm: "Whose family member is this?"
Yu's mother said: "I should have been out of the fifth service. I came to my home to play in the autumn wind before, but I spent fifty taels of silver as a reward. I don't know why I am here this time."
Zou looked at Mr. Zhao and said, "My second master, you have to say something. My aunt has lost half of her life for you. You can't pretend like nothing is wrong."
"I invited you here," Mr. Zhao took out the hairpin from his arms, "Does mother still remember this hairpin? It is a lost item at home, and I don't want me to find it."
When Yu's mother saw it, her expression suddenly changed.
Mrs. Guangping Hou remained calm: "Did you catch the thief?"
"Yes," Mr. Zhao stared at Mother Yu, "No wonder the government can't solve the case. It turns out that the thief is beside my mother... isn't it, Mother Yu?"
Mrs. Guangping Hou frowned and looked at her mother: "What on earth is going on?"
Mother Yu pursed her lips: "I don't know what the second master means."
Mr. Zhao said: "That night you avoided people and quietly left the house. I followed you all the way to the village. I saw with my own eyes that you buried the things there. After you left, I dug them out.
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I also know that I won’t admit it readily, but to be able to go out quietly, I must open several door locks in the house. For the safety of the house, only two stewards trusted by my grandmother hold the key. Where did Yu’s mother’s key come from?
?You are accompanying your mother to Beijing, and you will probably take those important things with you. I just need to search your house and you will get the results."
Mrs. Guangping Hou's face finally showed a bit of surprise. She looked at Yu's mother: "Is what the second master said true?"
Yu's mother had a somewhat panicked look on her face, her legs softened and she knelt on the ground: "Madam, I was confused for a moment, so... I took something..."
"What did you do with those things?" Xu Qinghuan suddenly asked.
Mother Yu said: "Of course I am..."
"You have no children and no bad habits. You have served my wife for a long time. Even if you go home to take care of her one day, she will not treat you badly. Why should you take risks? What's more, why should you bury the things you finally took out?
At Madam’s dowry house?”
Yu's mother said: "I am lonely and helpless, with nowhere to hide."
Xu Qinghuan continued: "No matter how you have nowhere to hide, you will definitely hide somewhere safe. It shows that you think Madam Zhuangzi is very safe. Is Madam Guangpinghou really unaware of this?"
Mrs. Guangping Hou looked sharply: "What do you mean, Miss Xu?"
Xu Qinghuan's expression was natural: "I am just inferring the facts of the case. Madam, don't be surprised. No matter which case it is, the inference must be reasonable, otherwise there will be an injustice. Mr. Zhao asked me to help, so naturally I can't slack off."
Mr. Zhao nodded and continued: "Yes, it's Miss Xu that I invited." At this point, he swallowed hard, thinking of all the things Cui had done over the years, he couldn't bear it, but since he was determined to protect her,
He couldn't back down from this family, "Miss Xu and I had the same question, so I suspected that this matter was also related to my mother. I secretly went to check my mother's past, and I also remembered what Mr. Zou scolded my mother in the yard that year.
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When Zou heard that those dirty words about her back then were mentioned, she was not ashamed at all, but her eyes lit up with anticipation.
It's a pity that Mr. Zhao didn't tell the original story.
Second Master Zhao said: "Mr. Zou said that her mother got something from someone unknown and married the Marquis in the name of Ms. Cui. If she finds out the evidence, she must tell her father."
Mrs. Guangping Hou looked at Zou coldly: "So, you have evidence in your hand?"
"Of course it is," Zou said. "The more I thought about it when I got home, the more wrong I became. As soon as my mind became clear, I felt that I should leave evidence. If it is useful one day, it would be terrible. If I can't save the Hou Mansion, how can I save it?"
I really expected it."
When Mrs. Zou said this, she raised her head and looked at Mrs. Guangping Hou: "I have served the Cui family for five years, but I used to help the Cui family, but later the Cui family no longer needed me. Madam, do you still remember the reason?"
Madam Hou Guangping said: "Of course I won't care about such a trivial matter."
Mrs. Zou raised her eyebrows: "No, if Madam is Mrs. Cui, she should know about this, because I stole a pair of Ms. Cui's shoes, and my mother in charge found out about it, so she was kicked back by Mrs. Cui. I stole those shoes from Mrs. Cui."
I wanted to give them to my girl to wear, but she had a hard life and died after getting sick, so I buried those shoes with her. After I discovered the clues that year, I went back and dug out the shoes.
"
Mr. Zhao was already prepared, but he was still shocked by Zou's words. He did not expect such a thing to happen.
Zou said: "After Ms. Cui's accident, I told my neighbors that I had done a lot of work for the Cui family, including stealing a pair of shoes from the young lady. The Cui family was so disrespectful of affection. Now it's better...
I don’t know who collected the body for them.”
Everything Zou said can be verified.
All circumstances are now unfavorable to Mrs. Guangping Hou.
Mr. Zhao's eyes were firm: "I have also inquired, and there is also a saying in the yamen that one can identify relatives by dripping bones. The bones of Cui's ancestors can be taken to identify the truth."
After Mr. Zhao said this, his mother turned to stare at Mr. Zhao's face, as if squeezing out a voice from between her teeth: "Second Master, one must have a conscience. How old were you when my wife married into the Hou Mansion, and who were you?
Who raised you up? Who runs the inner house and supports the Madam? You should know better than her how many things the Madam has done. How could you treat her like this?"
"I also want to treat her as my biological mother," Mr. Zhao's eyes turned red. "It doesn't matter if she is not Cui. When I heard Zou's words, I didn't care, but later... everything changed...
"
Zhao Muwei was already crying so hard.
Mr. Zhao looked at Mrs. Marquis Guangping and said: "Mother, my son only wants to ask you two things. As long as you answer clearly, tonight's matter does not need to be pursued. I will also go to my father to intercede with my mother. I believe that my father is not that kind."
A person who has no regard for affection."
Xu Qinghuan already knew what Mr. Zhao wanted to ask.
Mrs. Guangping Hou also seemed to have expected this.
The room became quiet for a moment.
I heard Mr. Zhao take a long breath and then said: "The first question, Guangping Hou Shizi, my brother, where is he now?
The second question is, do the soldiers who killed Zou today and the spies caught by the government have nothing to do with you?"