Jiang Wu raised his eyebrows and could only say...no surprise.
That mistress didn't look like a person who could treat a concubine or concubine very well. She just died in the morning, and she was planning to throw away all her things at noon. Most people couldn't do this.
"Then, tell me the truth, did your young lady go out last night to escape from her marriage?" If it was to escape from her marriage, it is actually easy to explain, because Lu Mei definitely does not want to marry a sixty-year-old man, she is only sixteen years old
, life is not going well at home, so running away may be the only and best choice.
Unexpectedly, the little maid pondered for a moment and shook her head resolutely: "It's absolutely impossible. I understand the young lady's temperament. When she first learned about the news, the young lady also made trouble for a while, but the mistress threatened her, saying that if she dared to escape from the marriage,
The other party dares to come to our house to ask for someone. The young lady has always been filial and has an extremely soft temper. I only know that she secretly cries in the middle of the night, but even so, the young lady will definitely not dare to escape from the marriage."
Since she didn't dare to escape from the marriage, why did she sneak out in the middle of the night?
Did you have a quarrel with your family?
She lowered her eyes and whispered softly: "Has your young lady had a conflict with the mistress or someone recently? She ran out in the middle of the night because she was so angry?"
Judging from the corpse and the watchman's testimony, the deceased Lu Mei walked to that location by herself, but was strangled from behind by the murderer and strangled to death. There was no such thing as a deliberate plan by the murderer to take the person away.
The little maid sighed and said: "To be honest, Miss Jiang, I claim to care enough for you, but I won't tell you anything else. The one who has a better relationship with you is Miss Song. If you
I'm afraid I'll know more if I ask Miss Song."
After that, Jiang Wu looked at Lu Mei's room again and basically confirmed that what the maid said was true.
Most of the things in this room are relatively old, and the clothes and utensils in the wardrobe are not of the best materials. The most important thing is that there is indeed an embroidery table and a half-embroidered hijab. It can be seen that Lu Mei’s female
The red one is well made and the stitching is very fine.
Apart from that, there was nothing else. Lu Mei did not give or receive privately from any man.
Jiang Wu chose to check the room instead of asking the maid directly. First, he took the maid's mood into consideration, and second, he was afraid of arousing suspicion.
Judging from real cases, when a young woman goes out in the middle of the night, it is most likely to meet her lover. This is nothing in modern times. Who doesn’t have free love? But it was different in ancient times. Nowadays, mainland China
Mei was already dead. Jiang Wu knew that whatever she said today might be translated into a different version outside, so she did not explicitly ask Lu Mei if she had gone with any man. Instead, she looked around the room and found that there was indeed no man with whom she had left.
Who wrote the letters to and from.
There were two letters, but they were both to Song Qi. In the letters, Lu Mei said that her status was embarrassing now, her mistress was not good to her, and even withheld her money, and her father didn't know when he would be back.
, and also said that he looked forward to when Song Qi would be able to leave the house and play with her.
Song Qi wrote back and said that he was now under house arrest again, and it would probably be a long time before he could come out to play.
Wait... it will take a long time? Jiang Wu looked at that sentence and thought of Song Qi this morning. She obviously appeared there very quickly. How did she look like she was under house arrest?
During the previous autopsy, it was found that the strangulation marks were very heavy, so the murderer was very strong, so the possibility of the murderer being a male is very high, but if you think about it from another angle, could it be...Song Qi?
Song Qi has been practicing martial arts since childhood and is probably stronger than some men.
When Jiang Wu walked out of Lu's house, Song Qi and her maid were waiting anxiously at the door. Her eyes were slightly red, and she seemed to feel sorry for Lu Mei wholeheartedly.
Jiang Wu could not ask Song Qi on the street, but said, "I have something to ask you. How about Miss Song coming back to Fusi, Beizhen with me?"
Song Qi nodded, thinking that he wanted to ask her some clues about Lu Mei, and even took the initiative to let Jiang Wu ride in the Song family's carriage.
In the carriage, Song Qi said: "Miss Jiang, if you want to ask anything, I can tell you everything I know."
Jiang Wu just asked: "I remember last time, you hurt someone in the downtown area, and then you were fined and grounded. Was the grounding lifted so quickly?"
When Song Qi heard her mention this, her face was still a little shy. She hesitated and said: "Yes, after all, yesterday was New Year's Eve, and my father lifted my ban, so I came to see Mei'er early this morning.
, I made an appointment with her last time to come and play with her when the ban is lifted. After all, she is getting married soon and may not have time anymore." As she spoke, her eyes turned red again.
Got up.
"Speaking of which, I mentioned you to Mei'er several times. At that time, we both thought that you might be the luckiest person among the noble ladies in the capital."
The maid said the same thing just now. Jiang Wu was a little curious. Why did everyone say she was lucky?
Seeing the confusion on Jiang Wu's face, Song Qi said eloquently: "When I first met you, you said you were the widow of Fusi in Beizhen, but later I learned that you were the real legitimate daughter of Pingxuanhou Mansion.
The ancestors have returned to their clan, and Marquis Jiang doesn’t restrain you very much. You can still go out and investigate cases. Isn’t this the most enviable thing?"
Jiang Wu paused, and then realized the gap between her and these so-called noble ladies in the capital.
The things she takes for granted are unattainable extravagances in their eyes. They just go out shopping, take a walk, and do things they like to do. Even if they don't become a widower, even if they just like to go out and buy jewelry, let them go.
This is not possible in some homes with strict rules.
Song Qi continued: "Ms. Jiang, I'm afraid you have heard some of my things, but there is one thing I really want to ask you for."
Jiang Wu naturally followed her words and asked, "What's the matter?"
She bit her lip and said, "Have you heard that a few years ago, I went to a brothel to have fun because of my friend's husband, which caused the man to jump off the building and die in a fit of passion? I was also punished to go to Zhuangzi for this matter.
For two years.”
Almost everyone who has heard of Song Qi has heard of this history, and Jiang Wu is no exception, so she nodded.
"Then if I tell Miss Jiang now, this matter was false from the beginning. The man died before I came. Even my good friend knows about it. Her family asked her not to associate with me just because she wanted to
To protect her reputation, the rumors in Beijing became more and more intense, and it was even said that I had killed the man, and yet I had been blamed for it for two years inexplicably - Miss Jiang, can you help me?"