Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 102

[Chapter 71 Senior Brother Don’t Let Us Come]

In just a few days, Song Jian lost a lot of weight, and his voice was extremely hoarse when he spoke.

“Why is the prince here? Please come in.”

Lin Chengyou cupped his hands and said, “It’s too presumptuous to come, and I would like to express my condolences to Brother Song.”

Yan Sizhi bowed apologetically: “I disturbed the prince of Song.”

Song Jian served in the Imperial Army and used to be on duty. When they met Lin Chengyou inside and outside the palace, although they were not close friends, they were also familiar with each other. He personally led the two to the outer study and ordered the servants to serve tea.

Lin Chengyou asked for another pair of writing for Yan Sizhi. When the guests and the host were all seated, Song Jianping stepped down: “Is there any progress in

Yueniang’s case?” Lin Chengyou said sternly: “It is for the case of Mrs. Zun. I want to ask Brother Song, what was wrong with Mrs. Zun before the accident?”

Song Jian thought for a while with a pale face, then shook his head and said, “It’s not very different from the past, there are people who talk and laugh every day, and the spleen and stomach are better than before. See you when you’re pregnant.”

“Then—” Yan Sizhi glanced at Lin Chengyou, “Where has Mrs. Zun been in the last month?”

Song Jian pondered: “Yue Niang needs to host the central feed every day…before noon Usually I’m busy in the mansion, and occasionally go out after lunch, but when I return to the mansion, it’s almost time to go, and I don’t know where she went during the day. Madam, play, or go shopping at a familiar store.”

Yan Sizhi wrote these words in the record book, and asked, “Has Madam Zun mentioned an acquaintance to you recently?”

Song Jian was slightly surprised: ” Acquaintances?”

“Like her past friends, neighbors, relatives—”

Song Jian shook his head.

Lin Chengyou asked in a different way: “Brother Song, do you know who Madam Zun had a grudge against in the past?

Song Jian was stunned for a moment, then pondered for a moment: “Yue Niang’s temperament is much more aggressive than her sister, in the past when Zhen Niang was alive—”

A mournful look suddenly appeared in his eyes, and the conversation stopped immediately.

Lin Chengyou lowered his eyes, remembering that when the Dajiang family passed away, A-Niang personally went to Rong Anbo’s house to offer condolences. After returning, she talked about the matter with the royal aunt. She felt sorry for the sudden death of the Dajiang family. The ability to know people, to be praised by the mother like this, shows that Da Jiang is a woman with outstanding character.

Song Jian was stunned for a long time, and spoke again: “Zhenniang said that her sister is good in everything, but she is too competitive. When playing with the boudoir lady, she will inevitably stumble and fight with others. I went back to my mother’s house to live for a while, and said that I was the eldest sister and should teach my sister. But Yue Niang is a lady who has not left the cabinet after all, even if she is at odds with others, she will not have a quarrel to the point of resentment. As for her marrying me—”

He slowly shook his head: “Niang Yue’s temperament has been restrained a lot. She serves A Weng with filial piety and filial piety, and she treats the servants very leniently. I deal with the female relatives of various houses on weekdays, and I have never heard of any unpleasantness.”

Lin Chengyou didn’t say a word, then In order to help solve the case, Teng Yuyi in West City took the initiative to tell him what he had seen in the spice shop. The little Jiang family did not go to West City, but brought eight or nine maids and old ladies with him, and was worried about being attacked by Teng Yuyi. Collision, even if they are far apart, the people below will scold Teng Yuyi.

This kind of frivolity is really not compatible with “broad and respectful”.

It is impossible for Song Jian to be completely ignorant of the various actions of the little Jiang family outside. Even so, Song Jian has to protect him everywhere. It can be seen that he cherishes this sweet wife he married very much.

Thinking of this, Lin Chengyou nodded and said, “Where are the servants who are serving Mrs. Zun? Can Big Brother Song invite them to come over and ask a few words.” After a

while, many maids and old ladies came, all quietly Silently waiting under the porch, Song Jian looked behind the table and pointed at the leading woman: “Chen Sangu, come in and answer.”

Chen Sangu pulled her skirt and knelt down tremblingly.

Song Jian said: “Don’t be afraid of this. You can tell me where Madam has been and who you have met in the last month.”

Chen Sangu was stunned, and hurriedly kowtowed: “Old slave has forgotten a lot, Rong Numaid and Xiuyun’s maids will verify it again and report it again.”

Song Jian waved her back, but Lin Chengyou said, “It’s okay, just say what you know. Let’s go back and ask other maids.”

Later, Song Jian had the door closed, and Chen Sangu racked his brains and recalled: “In the past month, my wife often goes out, and the most frequent ones are two shops. The one in Dongshi is called’ Jinyun Waterfall’s satin shop, most of the ladies’ clothes are made here. The family is Nianzi Building in Fu’an Lane, and the wife loves to eat the fried fish. As for the Fendie Building that had an accident in the West City… but not much. I’ve been there.”

Speaking of this, Chen Sangu wiped her sweat with lingering fears: “My wife likes to buy things in this spice shop, and I don’t know how many precious spices I bought before and after. The next time I see my wife going, I will vacate the quiet room downstairs in advance. Although my wife is not as often as before after she is pregnant, she still spends an hour or two in the store every time she goes there.”

An hour or two… …enough murderers to kill and blame Zhuang Mu.

Lin Chengyou asked, “How many people know about this?”

Chen Sangu was taken aback: “Mrs. often meets acquaintances in the West City, and there should be many people who know about this.”

“What acquaintances have you met in the West City recently?”

“Mrs. I have n’t been to the West Market for about a month.”

Lin Chengyou: “If that’s the case, why did your wife suddenly remember to go to the spice shop that day?”

After lunch, he said he was going to buy something at Fandie Building, and the steward started preparing the carriage, and the servants didn’t ask much.”

“Apart from these shops, where has your wife been and who she has seen this month? ?”

“On the fifth day of the first day, the old lady of the Zhen Guogong’s mansion celebrated her birthday, and her wife went out to celebrate her birthday; on the seventh day of the first day, Zheng Pushe’s wife held a banquet at her house; and later received a post from the daughter-in-law of Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Housing, and the wife went to the appointment again. Yuzhen is crowned with ornamental flowers; a few days ago, the father of the country passed his birthday, and the wife took the young master and the young

lady to live in the Ledao Villa for a few days, and the rest… When walking outside, have you ever had any unusual behavior? For example, seeing someone suddenly look scared, or you are usually afraid of seeing something?”

Chen Sangu paused, as if remembering something, a strange look appeared on her face, He immediately shook his head and said, “I don’t see anything wrong with Madam. Whether she is in charge of the house or going out to a banquet, Madam is always happy. At most, she is worried about which jewelry to wear.”

Lin Chengyou knew something was different, and Chen Sangu retreated. After leaving, Song Jian called the two maids of the little Jiang family to come in to answer, and the second maid’s speech was similar to that of Chen Sangu.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi left together. When passing by the pile of servants and maids under the corridor, Lin Chengyou suddenly said to Song Jian: “I originally hoped that the servants of your house would provide important clues, so that we can also arrest the murderer as soon as possible. They didn’t even know about them… They were Madam Zun’s personal servants, and they were at the scene on the day of the accident. The culprits were afraid of revealing their secrets and might kill again. This thief was extremely brutal, and they asked them to be more careful before they were caught. .”

Chen Sangu squeezed into the crowd and shivered when she heard the words.

Song Jian personally escorted Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi out of the house, and when they arrived at a rockery, there was a loud noise from the servants in front of them. Accompanied by the cheerful laughter of the child, two small figures ran towards them.

One of them ran too fast and accidentally bumped into Lin Chengyou’s knee. Song Jian frowned and stretched out his arms to pick up the child, but Lin Chengyou grabbed the child’s shoulders and squatted down to look at the child in front of him. He turned his head and looked at the one next to him. One was a boy and the other was a girl, about five or six years old. He was wrapped in first-class Lingluo, and his appearance was also beautiful. He smiled and said, “You are Brother Song’s eldest son, right?”

Song Dalang wanted to throw himself into Grandpa’s arms, how could he know that he was being held hostage by Lin Chengyou, he was eager to break free, and while twisting, he complained: “Let go of me, I want to find Grandpa.”

Song Jian scolded by the side Lin Chengyou

smiled and took a small packet of plum blossom candy from his arms. Azhi liked this candy. He saw it in the West Market when he was handling the case, so he bought a bag and wanted to go back to the palace. I brought the candy to Azhi at the time of the day, and took this opportunity to pass the candy to the two children, “I came here in a hurry tonight, and I didn’t bring anything for my two sons and nephews. This candy is not bad, take it and eat it with my sister.”

Said He touched Song Dalang’s little head.

The brothers and sisters tilted their heads and looked at Lin Chengyou once, remembering that they had seen this handsome and smiling young man on weekdays, they suddenly felt kinder, and then slid their round eyes towards their father, and saw that his father did not object, this was gentle and gentle. Thank you and happily take the candy.

Then she ran to Song Jian, hugged Grandpa’s leg and said, “Grandpa, are you done? Bring me and my sister to sleep.” The

little girl also opened her arms to Song Jian: “Grandpa, give me a hug.”

Song Jian was accidentally hugged by a pair of children and his legs. In desperation, he had to bend down and hug his daughter into his arms. At the same time, he held Dalang’s hand, and said to Lin Chengyou with a wry smile: “Let the prince laugh.”

Lin Chengyou and Yan When Si Zhi left the house, Yan Sizhi said suspiciously, “Children always look for auntie before they go to bed. Little Jiang can be regarded as the biological aunt of the two children. My aunt died. Why don’t the two children talk about my aunt?”

Lin Chengyou got on his horse, thought about it, and said, “Children won’t act like adults and don’t look for the little Jiang family, either they can’t remember her for a while, or they don’t like the little Jiang family on weekdays. If you don’t get close, they will naturally I won’t talk and search.”

Yan Sizhi said again: “When I was questioning, that Chen Sangu clearly remembered something, but she just said she didn’t know, and she didn’t know what concerns the old woman had.”

Lin Chengyou said: “She is the wife of the little Jiang’s family. She spends more time with the little Jiang’s family and Song Jian every day. The little Jiang’s affairs can be hidden from others but not her. What she said just now was enough for her to be frightened. It’s been a night, don’t worry, let her think about it, I guess she will try to come to Dali Temple to find me at most tomorrow morning.”

Yan Sizhi loosened his brows and sighed with a smile: “It’s still Lin Ping. There is a way. It’s very late, we have to look for—”

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Chengyou swung his whip, and the horse turned into a gust of wind and ran into the night.

“Of course I’m going, time waits for no one.”

***

Zheng Mansion.

The chief steward heard that Lin Chengyou was here, so he hurried out to greet him, served Lin Chengyou tea in person, and said pleasantly, “It’s unfortunate that the little prince came, the master has been busy with the affairs of the court recently, and he is also busy with the appointment of the eldest son and Mrs. Wu. I accidentally caught the wind and cold in my relationship, so it is inconvenient to see guests tonight.”

Lin Chengyou smiled and put down the tea cup: “It happens that I also know some tricks of discord, why don’t I take the pulse for Duke Zheng, if it doesn’t help, I will personally go to Shang Pharmacy to find Yu Fengyu for Duke Zheng.” As

he spoke, he walked straight through the central hall.

The big steward suddenly panicked, as long as the little prince was willing, he could overturn the roof of the Zheng residence at any time.

He hurriedly chased after him, and at the same time signaled his servants to hurry up and send a message to Zheng Pushe. Lin Chengyou, who cares about the big steward’s noise, and if no one walks through the veranda with his hands on his shoulders,

Yan Sizhi only took a sip of tea and had to catch up with his robes.

When he reached the door of the outer study, he saw Zheng Pushe coming out of the courtyard.

Zheng Pushe raised his hand to tidy up his clothes while walking, looking somewhat embarrassed. Seeing Lin Chengyou, he coughed twice and said with a sullen face, “Why is the prince here so late?”

Lin Chengyou saluted seriously, “Junior It came abruptly, and I hope Eunuch Zheng will not blame him. One is to ask Eunuch Zheng to be safe, and the other is to inquire about a few things. If Eunuch Zheng does not allow us to enter, we will have to ask here.”

Zheng Pushe stared at Lin Chengyou, neither uttering a word nor moving. He stood on for a while, and finally was defeated. With a heavy sigh, he turned around and walked in first: “Come in and talk.”

After entering, Lin Chengyou was always casual and strict. But Si Zhi couldn’t help but be a little cautious. Zheng Pushe is both a current sect and a descendant of the famous Zheng family in Xingyang. He was born as a Jinshi, and ranked first in the world. His articles were famous at the time, and his disciples were all over the world.

Even though he is over fifty years old, Zheng Pushe still has a straight posture, speaks elegantly, and behaves elegantly. Such a person sitting in front of the table will inevitably make people feel cramped.

After the manager resigned, Lin Chengyou said straight to the point: “The cause of Shu Liniang’s death may have other hidden reasons. I came to disturb Duke Du late at night to find out what unusual behavior Shu Liniang has done recently.”

Zheng Pushe blushed and looked down the corridor subconsciously. Seeing that the steward had cleared all the people away, he expected that these words would not reach the lady’s ears, so he immediately pretended to be calm and said, “She…” He

couldn’t help clearing his throat, thinking for a while, and a trace of sadness slowly appeared on his face. Color: “I haven’t seen anything unusual about her recently. Did you find any new clues, why are you asking this?”

Lin Chengyou glanced at Zheng Pushe, and simply said, “We now suspect that the murderer may have known Shu Liniang in the past, and want to ask Duke Du. , Shu Liniang had a grudge against people in Huazhou in the past, where have you been in the last month, and who have you met?”

Zheng Pushe’s face became solemn: “Li Niang has a very good temperament, I haven’t heard of it. She has had grievances with others, and she seldom goes out after she is pregnant. In January, I was busy with government affairs… I seldom visited her. I only know that she went to the Qujiang Pond to pray for blessings on the day of the Shangsi Festival. It’s funny, I don’t seem to have gone out again after that.”

Lin Chengyou was obviously very dissatisfied with the answer, and smiled: “Please, old man, think about it again.”

Zheng Pushe stroked his beard uneasily and thought about it for a moment. , and suddenly said: “By the way, one day I went to Chun’an Lane, and heard Liniang and the servants complaining that the waist and abdomen were getting thicker, and the skirt was almost too long to wear, and the fabric that the tailor brought to the door was not good enough. West City pick some good fabrics to make clothes.”

Yan Sizhi was stunned, West City.

Lin Chengyou asked: “Which shop? Did Shu Liniang go there that day?”

Zheng Pushe: “I didn’t ask after that.” ”

Which day is this?

”

I can only ask the servant next to Shu Liniang to ask again.

“Besides these few places, where else did Shu Liniang go, or did she say she saw an old friend?”

“The last month…” Zheng Pushe pondered for a long time, “I really can’t remember anyone else, but it’s up there. Yue remembered that she had said that the flowers in a certain place were very good, and she wanted to go out to enjoy the flowers, but she did not go because she didn’t hear it again. As for acquaintances, Liniang had no old acquaintances in Chang’an, only one A cousin, it is Shu Changshi from Jingzhao Mansion—”

He paused, and said in a daze: “Li Niang has a weak and honest temperament, so she came to join Shu Changshi because her husband’s family couldn’t tolerate her.”

Lin Chengyou said coldly: ” Zheng Gongke asked Shu Liniang’s past husband’s family to verify this matter, and why did she have a quarrel with her husband’s family?”

Zheng Pushe was startled: “This—” It

seems that he has not verified it.

Lin Chengyou waited for a long while before he could finish the text, so he had to ask again: “How did Duke Zheng and Shu Liniang meet?”

Zheng Pushe’s face was a little uncomfortable, and it took a long time before he spoke: “Last Mid-Autumn Festival, I was in the palace with the saint and The queen was enjoying the moon and drinking. After the dinner, she went out of the palace and saw the beautiful lights on the street. I was feeling stuffy, so I got out of the car and took a stroll in the market. When I bumped into me, a book of poems accidentally fell out of my arms, I picked it up and flipped through it, and saw that it was full of beautiful words and verses, and when I asked, I found out that this little lady made it herself…”

Lin Chengyou Listening seriously, Zheng Pushe is already old, and this charming mind is not inferior to the young man.

In this way, it originated from the encounter at the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival.

He thought for a while and asked, “Apart from the maid, did Shu Liniang have other friends at the time?”

Zheng Pushe shook his head.

“The daughter of the Shu family isn’t here either?”

“Only the two masters and servants of Liniang.”

Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi left, and Yan Sizhi wondered, “It’s strange, there are no children in Shu Changshi’s family? Since Shu Liniang is a relative of the Shu family, The Mid-autumn Night Lantern Festival comes out to play, and there should always be a few cousins of the Shu family around.”

Lin Chengyou is also thinking about this matter, either Shu Changshi has no unmarried daughter, or the Shu family doesn’t like Shu Liniang very much, although he said Yu relatives took in Shu Liniang with affection, but did not want her children to interact with her. Or there are other possibilities, you can only know if you ask in person.

Suddenly, a man came across the face, and he almost bumped into it. He didn’t look at Lin Chengyou, and the man quickly stopped: “Prince.”

Lin Chengyou was surprised: “Master Zheng?”

Zheng Yanrang and Zheng Pushe are almost identical . What came out was tall, thin, fair, and elegant.

Zheng Yanrang was obviously uneasy: “I went to a banquet with a friend just now, when did the prince come?”

Yan Sizhi calmly sniffed, the air was filled with a dark fragrance, and he thought it came from the clothes of the eldest son of Zheng. . Yan Sizhi himself did not use incense, although Lin Chengyou had a dark fragrance on his body, but the smell was cold and upright, not like the lingering and lingering aura on Mrs. Zheng’s body. This smell was the incense used by women.

Yan Sizhi was secretly surprised. Zheng Pushe had never taken a concubine, and disciplined his children very strictly. I heard that the first son of Zheng never sleeps, and he is about to be engaged. I don’t know where the fragrance came from. Alas, it can be seen that there are countless rumors. Zheng Pu shoots privately to raise other housewives, and the eldest son-

Lin Chengyou also smells it, and only said: “I heard that the good things of the first son of Zheng are coming, congratulations to the first son of Zheng.” Zheng Yanrang was

stunned for a moment . , reluctantly smiled and said, “Thank you.”

As he said that, he personally sent Lin Chengyou and Yan Si directly to the outside of the mansion.

Lin Chengyou was about to get on his horse, when Zheng Yanrang suddenly said: “I heard about Mrs. Rong’an Bo Shizi just now at the banquet, and they all said that the murderer only picked pregnant women to attack. I wonder if the murderer can be caught?”

His expression was very casual, As if it was just a casual question.

Lin Chengyou looked at Zheng Yanrang, and after a while he replied, “Oh, I haven’t caught it yet.”

Zheng Yanrang nodded and stood beside the horse to see him off.

Lin Chengyou originally wanted to go to Shu Mansion, but it was almost time. Thinking about the things he heard about tonight, it is enough for him to sort out the case now, so he took Yan Sizhi home by the way, and went back on his own. Cheng Wangfu.

***

Teng Yuyi slept well last night, because Du Tinglan was leaving the temple today, the sisters were busy packing their bags when they woke up early in the morning.

In a blink of an eye, Teng Yuyi was thinking about giving some delicious food to Juesheng and Qizhi. At this time, the big monk Mingxin brought a few little novices over and said that the vegetarian meal was placed in the Xixintang, please Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan to use it in the past. meal.

Teng Yuyi had to give up the idea of secretly eating meat in the temple. The two sisters went out of Libaixuan, and met Juesheng and Qizhi on the way. When they saw Teng Yuyi, they ran over: “Miss Teng…”

Teng Yuyi laughed Said: “I know, you all copied the scriptures last night.”

Anyway, the food and drinks were not in vain, at least she entertained Lin Chengyou well.

Juesheng and Qizhi nodded desperately, they were determined to come, but the senior brothers forcibly stopped them from coming.

“Did you live in the East Wing last night?” Teng Yuyi asked.

Juesheng and Qizhi shook their heads: “Last night, we lived in the Tibetan Scriptures Pavilion, and only after we finished copying the scriptures did we know that there were a few ladies in the East Wing temporarily moved in. We had to move our luggage to the quiet room in the Tibetan Scriptures Pavilion again.”

While talking, they saw a few young ladies coming out from a distance, and Jue Sheng and Qi Zhi looked up and looked strange.

Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi looked at each other: “What’s wrong?”

Jue Sheng lowered his voice: “Last night, Qizhi and I went back to the east wing to pick up our luggage, and saw a lady go to the Taolin behind, it was almost midnight, I don’t know who the lady went to see, I He Qizhi was worried about the accident, so he stayed in place and waited, but it didn’t take long for the lady to come back safe and sound.”

Teng Yuyi coughed and lowered her voice: “Who?”

Juesheng and Qizhi scratched their heads: ” It was midnight at that time, and the lady was wrapped in a big cloak, and we didn’t know who it was.” As

we were talking, two young novices came over to send a message: “There are many guests ahead, and two Tan Yue surnamed Du want to Seeing Teng Tanyue, besides Yuzhen Nuguan Guanguan’s Master Jing Chen also came, and said that he wanted to find Teng

Tanyue.” Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi looked at each other and said with a smile, “Isn’t it A Niang and Shaotang who came to visit Ayu? Teng Yuyi was naturally happy ,

and after thinking about it, she revealed a look of surprise: “Did Shitai find my pearl step by step?”

She was in a hurry to see her aunt and cousin, and she was also eager to ask Shitai Jingchen. After Bu Yao’s whereabouts, he didn’t care about having breakfast, so he turned around and went to the front yard.

On the way, he met the Peng family sisters, Li Huaigu and Duan Qingying.

Surprisingly, they didn’t go to breakfast either, and they seemed to be going to the front yard as well.

Aunt Peng and Erniang Peng took the initiative to say hello: “Miss Teng, Madam Du.”

Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan returned their greetings with a smile. Li Huaigu didn’t seem to have slept well last night, his face was not as good as usual, but his demeanor was always soft. Greeting: “Ayu, Sister Lan.”

Juesheng and Qizhi saw the monk Mingxin and asked respectfully, “Where is the abbot’s old man at the moment? We want to go and greet him.”

Mingxin said: “Chun’an County The king personally sent a few scrolls of scriptures to the temple, and the abbot is receiving the king in the meditation room.” Juesheng

and Qizhi said cheerfully, “There are really enough people in this early morning temple.”

[End of This Chapter]