When Master Zeng heard this, he immediately became furious: "Didn't I ask you to lock people up in the woodshed? What do you do with raising those losers! Can't even look down on a living person?"
The housekeeper said with a sad face: "What I said is true, I was also locked in the woodshed, but before grandma could lock it, he disappeared."
Jiang Wu listened in disbelief. What do you mean, the person disappears before the lock is locked? Zeng Ting can't do magic. How old does that grandma have to be to be able to catch the person even when the lock is locked? Maybe it's that grandma.
Grandma deliberately let Zeng Ting run away.
It's very strange to say this. What kind of devil's cave must the Zeng Mansion's woodshed be? Zeng Wei wanted to escape as soon as she was locked in. Mr. Zeng was still sternly ordering the housekeeper to block all the exits in the house, and the housekeeper also hurriedly obeyed the order.
Went back in a hurry.
Master Zeng turned back and looked at Fu Heng hesitantly: "Sir, I am a little busy with household affairs..."
Before Fu Heng could speak, Jiang Wu had already made a gesture of pressing down with both hands: "Master Zeng, wait a minute, I haven't finished what I just said."
Master Zeng turned pale and hesitated to speak. Jiang Wu asked him bluntly: "What did you say to Zeng Wei that day that made her want to run away as soon as she returned home in the morning? Was it a threat or an interrogation?
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Jiang Wu thought about it, and in Wang Jing's description, Zeng Wei was a very smart girl, but also a little emotional, otherwise she would not have come to Wang Jing in a moment of anger regardless of her own reputation, but she was also very smart and did not
If she really wanted to elope with Wang Jing, spending those five days together was like fulfilling her girlish dream.
So since she returned to the Zeng family, she must have accepted Master Zeng's arrangement and decided to marry that member of the Communist Party of China who was over fifty years old. How could she feel humiliated and run away again just because of the five whips and being locked up in the woodshed?
go out?
Something must have happened that made Zeng Wei feel that staying in the Zeng family might even threaten her own life...
Mr. Zeng's eyes were darting wildly, obviously he was hiding something. Fu Heng frowned, stepped down from his seat in a few steps, and danced his embroidered spring sword, with the tip of the sword hitting Mr. Zeng's chin.
From Master Zeng's point of view, this commander, who is known as the Living Yama in the capital, has a sinister face, and the tip of the sword against his throat is as sharp as tempered with blood.
Then, Fu Heng said hoarsely: "You only have one chance."
There was still a glimmer of hope in Mr. Zeng's heart, and he trembled: "It's just some housework...I say, I say!" He collapsed mid-sentence, and Fu Heng's patience was completely exhausted.
I scratched lightly on my neck, and finally cut off a few strands of hair.
Master Zeng covered his slightly bleeding neck, his legs were weak with fear, and he confessed everything in his mind: "Xiaguan...Xiaoguan is afraid that she will ruin the family tradition, and if she continues to stay in the house, she will be criticized, even if she has agreed to marry before.
After retreating, I thought of a way."
Jiang Wu frowned, "What method?"
Master Zeng carefully glanced at Fu Heng's face: "I deliberately discussed with my wife... to kill her, and then I ordered my servant to deliberately take my little daughter to eavesdrop. As expected, the little daughter ran and told her that I deliberately withdrew my defense.
She ran away smoothly."
Having said this, he still felt that he was wronged: "Sir, I really just wanted her to run away by herself. I never really thought about killing her."
But Zeng Wei was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and she was dressed in the style of a wealthy family. It was night, and if she ran out, something would happen to her soon. Mr. Zeng had been in the officialdom for many years, so how could this happen?
Don't you know this is unsafe?
Maybe he had already thought about abandoning Zeng Wei, but he just did it openly to save face. Now that a murderer has appeared and killed Zeng Wei, maybe he still has some luck in his heart.
This saves his face and prevents him from having any trouble in the future.
It's not wrong in terms of law, but it's a bit too cold-blooded in terms of emotion.
Mr. Zeng pointedly pointed at the sky and said that he had absolutely no intention of driving Zeng Ting away. He was just dissatisfied with her behavior of stopping people in the street yesterday, and it was just a small punishment but a big warning. Moreover, the conditions in the woodshed were not very difficult, and they were just locked up for a few days.
It's only an hour, and you don't dare to run short of meals.
After all, Zeng Ting has not yet discussed the marriage. If Zeng Ting is kicked out, the family will lack another supporter.
Jiang Wu had never heard of what happened yesterday, so he asked him what happened yesterday. After receiving a positive answer, Jiang Wu suddenly realized that this matter might have been done by the same person.
It was said in court that day that Li Jiaojiao was also planning to get married. Not only did Zeng Wei propose to get married, but she also fell in love with Wang Jing. Zeng Ting, who suddenly disappeared, obviously wanted to curry favor with Pingxuanhou Mansion yesterday.
"How long has Zeng Ting been missing?"
Mr. Zeng was a little confused: "This...I don't know, it must have been all night."
The report came in after a night, what on earth was the housekeeper doing all day long? Jiang Wu was already speechless about this deformed family, but she had a vague feeling that the case might have reached a critical moment.
If we consider it according to common sense, Zeng Ting returned to the Zeng Mansion last night and was sent to the woodshed by Master Zeng. She disappeared as soon as the door was locked, which meant that she did not enter the woodshed. The mansion is so big,
She must have found a place to hide first, and now that the night has passed and the housekeeper said she was missing, she must have left the house.
The question now is how Zeng Ting escaped.
"Can the housekeeper of your house be summoned for questioning?" Jiang Wu asked.
How dare Mr. Zeng say no?
The butler came quickly and looked very haggard. As soon as he came in, he knelt down without saying a word, and then began to kowtow, "Master, I'm sorry for you..."
Jiang Wu didn't have time to watch him play the role of master and servant, so he asked neatly: "Has the maid in Zeng Ting's room been interrogated? Has Zeng Ting had any abnormalities before? Has the nun who is responsible for locking the locks been interrogated?"
The housekeeper was at a loss for a moment. It was obvious that Jiang Wu's rapid-fire words made him unable to resist. After a long while, he hesitated and said: "The maids have asked about it. The young lady didn't tell them anything before. The young lady's personal maid... because
What happened yesterday, she was beaten to death, and the remaining maids are all second-class maids who cannot get close to the master."
Jiang Wu had just chatted with Zeng Ting last time. This girl has a cheerful personality, and it is obvious that she cannot do it alone. She must have planned it with others first, and she can really resist it.
Discuss it with people around you?
"Are you sure it's because the maids didn't say anything, or it's already been discussed that we can't say anything?"