Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 102

[Chapter 71: Master Brother Won’t Let Us Come]

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

“How did The Son of The World come?” Please come in.

Lin Chengyou arched his hand: “I have come presumptuously, and I still hope that Big Brother Song will mourn.” Yan Ji

apologized apologetically, “Disturbing Song Shizi.”

Song Jian served in the Forbidden Army, and in the past, he often met Lin Chengyou inside and outside the palace, although they were not deep friends, but they were also familiar, he personally led the two to the outer study and ordered the next person to serve tea.

Lin Chengyou also asked for a pair of pen and ink for Yan Sizhi, and when the guests and hosts were seated, Song Jianping stepped back: “Is there progress in Yue Niang’s case?”

Lin Chengyou said, “It is precisely for Lady Zun’s case.” I want to ask Elder Brother Song, what was the abnormality before Mrs. Zun’s accident?

Song Jian thought for a while with a white face, shook his head, and said, “It’s not much different from the past, there are people who talk and laugh every day, and the spleen and stomach are better than when they were just pregnant.”

“Then—” Yan Ji looked directly at Lin Chengyou, “where has Lady Zun been in the past month?”

Song Jian pondered, “Yue Niang needs to preside over the feeding every day… Before noon, I usually do busy work in the house, and occasionally go out with lunch, but when I return to the house, it is almost time, and I don’t know where she went during the day, but I want to play with the ladies and ladies who are good friends, or go to the shop where I know each other. Yan

Ji wrote these words in the notebook and asked, “Has Madame Zun mentioned to you an acquaintance recently?”

Song Jianwei was surprised: “Acquaintance?

“Like her former friends, neighbors, relatives—”

Song Jian shook her head.

Lin Chengyou asked in a different way: “Does Elder Brother Song know who Lady Zun has had a grudge with in the past?”

Song Jian was stunned and muttered for a moment, “Yue Niang’s temperament is much hotter than her sister’s, and in the past when ZhenNiang was still alive-”

A touch of mourning suddenly appeared in his eyes, and his words immediately stopped.

Lin Chengyou lowered his eyes, remembering that when the Great Jiang Clan passed away, Ah Niang had personally gone to rong’an Bo Mansion to mourn, and when he returned, he talked about this matter with the Imperial Aunt, and he was quite sorry for the sudden death of the Great Jiang Clan between the words, Ah Niang had a lot of ability to know people, and could be praised by Ah Niang, which showed that the Great Jiang Clan was a woman with excellent character.

Song Jian was stunned for a long time, and opened her mouth again: “Zhenniang said that her sister is good in everything, that is, she is too competitive and competitive, and when she plays with the boudoir lady on weekdays, she can’t help but stumble with people, so Zhenniang will go back to her mother’s house every year to live for a while, saying that she is the eldest sister and should teach her sister.” But after all, Yue Niang is a lady who has not yet left the cabinet, even if she is in disagreement with people, she will not make a grudge, as for her after marrying me-”

He slowly shook his head: “Yue Niang’s temperament has converged a lot, serving Ah Weng gong and filial piety, treating the next person is also very lenient, and he has never heard of unpleasant trouble when dealing with female relatives in various provinces on weekdays.”

Lin Chengyou did not say a word, that day in xishi teng yuyi in order to help solve the case, took the initiative to tell him what he saw in the spice shop, this little Jiang clan did not go to the west market, he took eight or nine women with him, and because of the fear of being charged by Teng Yuyi, even if they were far away, they also had to reprimand Teng Yuyi.

Such frivolity is not compatible with “leniency and courtesy.”

Xiao Jiang’s various actions outside Song Jian could not be completely unaware, and even so, Song Jian had to protect him everywhere, which showed that he greatly cherished this post-wife.

Thinking of this, Lin Chengyou nodded, and then said, “Where are the subordinates who are serving Lady Zun, can Elder Brother Song ask them to come and ask a few questions?”

After a while, a number of bearded women came, all quietly waiting under the porch, and Song Jian looked behind the table and pointed to the leading mother-in-law: “Chen Sangu, come in and talk back.”

Chen Sangu stepped inside and knelt down in a hurry.

Song Jian said, “Don’t be afraid to be like this.” You will carefully explain where your wife has been in the past January and who she has met.

Chen Sangu was stunned and prostrated her head busily: “The old slave has forgotten a lot earlier, and Rong Nu and Xiuyun have verified it again and then come back to pray.”

Song Jian waved her hand to make her back off, but Lin Chengyou said, “No problem, just say you know, we will ask other girls later.”

Later, Song Jian asked people to close the door, and Chen Sangu racked her brains to recall: “In the past Month, Mrs. Li often goes out, and the most frequent ones are two shops. One is the satin shop in Dongshi called ‘Jinyun Waterfall’, and most of the lady’s clothes are made here. One is the Nianzi Building in Fu’an Lane, and the lady loves to eat the seared fish of this house. As for the Pink Butterfly Building in Xishi… I haven’t been there much.

Speaking of this, Chen Sangu wiped her sweat with some trepidation: “Madame used to like to buy things in this spice shop, before and after I don’t know how many expensive spices have been bought, the owner and guys therefore regard the lady as a guest, every time I see the lady go, I will empty the ashram downstairs in advance.” Although madame did not go as diligently as before after she became pregnant, every time she went, she would still spend an hour or two in the store. An

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

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

Chen Sangu was frustrated: “Madame often meets acquaintances in xishi, and there should be many people who know about this matter.” “What

acquaintances have you met in West Market recently?”

“Madame hasn’t been to West Market for more than a month.”

Lin Chengyou: “Even so, why did your wife suddenly think of going to the spice shop that day?” Chen Sangu’s

expression was a little confused, and he froze for a moment: “The slave maid didn’t know, the lady said that she was going to the Pink Butterfly Building to buy something after lunch, and the steward began to prepare the car, and the slave maids didn’t ask much at that time.”

“In addition to these shops, where has your wife been and who has you seen this month?”

“On the fifth day of the first month, the old lady of the Zhenguo Gongfu celebrated her birthday, and the lady went out to celebrate her birthday; On the seventh day of the first month, Zheng Shuzhao’s wife held a banquet at home; Later, after receiving the post of the daughter-in-law of Hubu Wang Shangshu, the lady went to the Yuzhen female crown to watch the flowers; A few days ago, the emperor celebrated his birthday, and the lady took the little prince and the little lady to live in ledao Villa for a few days, and the rest… The slave couldn’t really remember. “When

your wife was walking around outside recently, did she ever behave abnormally?” For example, seeing someone suddenly show a look of fear, or are you afraid to see something on a daily basis?

Chen Sangu paused, as if remembering something, a strange look appeared on his face, and he shook his head and said, “I didn’t see anything wrong with Madame, whether she was in charge of the house or went out to a banquet, Madame was very happy, at most she was worried about which piece of jewelry to wear.”

Lin Chengyou knew that there was a difference, and after Chen Sangu withdrew, Song Jian called two of Xiao Jiang’s personal servants to come in and talk back, and the second concubine’s words were similar to Chen Sangu’s.

Lin Chengyou saw that the hour was not early, so he and Yan Sizhi resigned together, and when passing by the pile of servants under the corridor, Lin Chengyou suddenly said to Song Jian: “Originally, I expected these subordinates of your government to provide important clues, so that we can also arrest the murderers as soon as possible, how do you know that they don’t know… They were Lady Zun’s personal attendants, and on the day of the accident, they were at the scene again, and the murderer was afraid of revealing his own stuffing, and he might not be able to kill people again, this thief was extremely cruel, and before he was caught, he asked them to be doubly careful.

Chen Sangu huddled in the crowd and snorted.

Song Jian personally sent Lin Chengyou and Yan Ji straight out of the house, and when they arrived at a rockery, the noise of the next person suddenly came from the front, accompanied by the cheerful laughter of the child, and two small figures ran in front of them.

One of them becauseRunning too fast, accidentally bumped into Lin Chengyou’s knee, Song Jian frowned, stretched out his arms to pick up the child, Lin Chengyou buckled the child’s shoulders, half crouched down to see the child in front of him, turned his head and looked at the one next to him, one was a boy, one was a girl, about five or six years old, wrapped in a high-grade Aya Luo, the appearance was also Peugeot, knowing that it was the pair of dragon and phoenix born by Song Jian and the Great Jiang Clan, he smiled: “You are the big brother of Song Brother.” Song Da Lang was

bent on throwing himself into Grandpa’s arms, how did he know that he was held hostage by Lin Chengyou, he was anxious to break free, and while twisting, he complained: “Let go of me, I want to find Grandpa.”

Song Jian scolded from the side: “Wanton-”

“Don’t worry.” Lin Chengyou smiled and took a small bag of plum blossom candy from his arms, this sugar Ah Zhi loves to eat, he saw it in the West Market when he handled the case, he bought a bag by hand, he wanted to bring it to Ah Zhi when he returned to the palace, and took this opportunity to hand the sugar to the two children, “Tonight came in a hurry, and I didn’t bring anything to the two nephews, this sugar is not bad, take it with my sister to eat it.” He

said and touched Song Dalang’s little head.

The brothers and sisters tilted their heads to look at Lin Chengyou once, remembering that they had seen this handsome young man with a smile on their faces on weekdays, and suddenly felt kind, and slipped their round eyes towards their father, seeing that their father did not object, which made Sven thank you and happily take the sugar.

He immediately ran to Song Jian and hugged Grandpa’s leg and said, “Grandpa, are you busy, take me and my sister to sleep.” The

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

Song Jian was unexpectedly held by a pair of children’s legs, and in desperation, he had to bend down and take his daughter into his arms, while holding Da Lang’s hand, and smiled bitterly at Lin Chengyou: “Let Shizi see the smile.”

Lin Chengyou and Yan Si went straight out of the house, and Yan Si said doubtfully: “The child always has to look for Ah Niang before going to bed, Xiao Jiang clan can also be regarded as the mother of the two children, the aunt is dead, why don’t you see the two children chanting aunt?”

Lin Chengyou turned over on his horse, thought about it and said, “Children don’t pretend like adults and don’t look for Xiao Jiang, either they can’t think of her for a while, or they don’t like Xiao Jiang on weekdays.” If you are not close, you will naturally not nag and search.

Yan Jizhi continued, “When I asked the question just now, that Chen Sangu clearly remembered something, but she only said that she didn’t know, and she didn’t know what concerns this old woman had.”

Lin Chengyou said, “She is Xiao Jiang’s personal mother-in-law, and she spends more time with Xiao Jiang and Song Jian every day, and Xiao Jiang’s affairs can be hidden from others but not from her.” What she had just said was enough for her to be afraid of all night, not in a hurry, and let her think about it, I guess at most tomorrow morning, she would try to come to Dali Temple to find me.

Yan Ji frowned and sighed with a smile, “Or Lin comments on things.” It’s very late, and we have to look for it-”

Before the words fell, Lin Chengyou threw his whip, and the horse turned into a gust of wind and ran into the night.

“Of course I’m going, but the hour is not waiting for anyone.”

***

Zheng Mansion.

The grand steward heard that Lin Chengyou had come, hurried out, personally served Lin Chengyou tea, and Yan Yuese said: “Xiao Shizi has come by accident, the old master has been busy with the affairs of the DPRK in recent days, and he is also busy with the engagement of the grand duke and Wu Daniang, accidentally infected with the wind and cold, it is inconvenient to see guests tonight.”

Lin Chengyou smiled and put down the tea cup: “It happens that I also know some of the art of misuse, or I will take the pulse for Zheng Gong, if it is not good, I will personally go to the Shang Pharmacy to find Yu Fengyu for Zheng Gong.” As

he spoke, he walked straight through the middle hall and inside.

The Grand Steward suddenly panicked, as long as this little Shizi was willing, he could overturn the roof of the Zheng Mansion at any time.

He hurriedly chased after him, and at the same time signaled the servants to hurry up and send a message to Zheng Servant, Lin Chengyou, who was in charge of the big steward, was noisy, and if no one was walking through the veranda,

Yan Jizhi took a sip of tea, and when he saw the situation, he had to pick up the robe and catch up.

When I reached the door of the outer study, I saw Zheng Shujie coming out of the courtyard.

Zheng Shu shot as he walked and raised his hand to sort out his clothes, looking a little embarrassed, he saw Lin Chengyou, he coughed twice, stretched his face and said: “Shizi came so late, what happened?”

Lin Chengyou performed a ritual: “The juniors came abruptly, and I hope that Zheng Gongmo will blame him.” The first is to ask Zheng Gong for safety, and the second is to inquire about a few things by the way. If Zheng Gong didn’t allow us to go in, we would have to inquire here. Zheng Servant

looked at Lin Chengyou, neither saying a word nor moving, facing each other for a while, in the end he was defeated, sighed heavily, and took the lead in turning back and walking inside: “Come in.”
After
entering, Lin Chengyou was always casual, But Yan Sizhi couldn’t help but be a little more restrained, Zheng Shuhui was not only the current Zaizhi, but also a descendant of the famous Xingyang Gate Zheng Clan, who was born as a scholar in the past, and the system was the first in the world, and when the article was famous, the protégés were all over the world.

Even though he was over fifty years old, Zheng Shuzhao still had a straight posture, spoke elegantly, and behaved in a dignified manner, and such a person sitting in front of the table would inevitably make people feel cramped.

Waiting for the steward to retreat, Lin Chengyou opened the door and said: “The cause of Shu Liniang’s death may have other hidden feelings, and when she came late at night to harass Du Gong, she wanted to inquire about what unusual behavior Shu Liniang had done in recent days.” Zheng Shu

shot the old face red, subconsciously looked down the porch, saw that the steward had cleared all the people away, expected these words to reach the lady’s ears, and immediately pretended to be calm: “She…”

I couldn’t help but clear my throat, thinking about it for half a moment, and a touch of mourning slowly appeared on my face: “I haven’t seen anything unusual about her recently.” Did you find any new clues, and why did you ask this?

Lin Chengyou glanced at Zheng Shujie and simply said, “We now suspect that the murderer may have known Shu Liniang in the past, and I want to ask Du Gong, whether Shu Liniang has had a grudge with someone in Huazhou in the past, where has she been in the past month, and who have you met?” Zheng Servant’s

face was solemn for a few minutes: “Li Niang has a very good temperament, I have not heard that she has a grudge with people, she rarely goes out after she is pregnant, and recently I was busy with government affairs in January… I rarely visited her, only that she went to pray by the qujiang pond on the day of the Shangwei Festival, and when she came back, she only said that it was fun, and it seemed that she had never been out again after that. Lin Chengyou was

obviously extremely dissatisfied with this answer, and smiled and said, “I’m bothering you old man to think about it again.” Zheng Shujie

uneasily brushed his whiskers, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: “By the way, one day I went to Chun’an Lane and listened to Li Niang and the people complaining, saying that the waist and abdomen were getting thicker, and the tunic was almost impossible to wear, and I thought that the fabric that the tailor brought to the door was not good enough, and I wanted to go to the West Market to pick some good fabrics to make clothes.” Yan

Ji was stunned, Nishiichi.

Lin Chengyou asked, “Which shop?” Did Shu Liniang go that day? Zheng Shujie

: “I didn’t ask any questions afterwards.” “What

day is this?”

“At the beginning of the month, I remember that it is around the time of the Shangmi Festival.”

It seems that you can only find the next person around Shu Liniang and ask again.

“In addition to these few places, where else has Shu Liniang been, or said that she saw some deceased person?”

“This recent month…” Zheng Shuzhi groaned for a long time, “I really can’t think of the side.”But last month, I remember that she said that the flowers bloomed very well somewhere, and she thought of going out to enjoy the flowers, but she didn’t think about it, because she didn’t hear her mention it afterwards. As for acquaintances, Li Niang had no old knowledge in Chang’an, only one cousin, it was Shu Changshi of Jingzhao Province-”

He paused and said calmly: “Li Niang is weak and honest in nature, and she came to Shu Changshi because her in-laws could not tolerate her.”

Lin Chengyou said coldly, “Zheng Gongke asked Shu Liniang’s in-laws in the past to verify this matter, what did she have a disagreement with her in-laws?” Zheng Shu

shot a little: “This-”

It seems that he has not asked for verification.

Lin Chengyou waited for a while and did not wait for the following, but had to ask again: “How did Zheng Gong and Shu Liniang meet?” Zheng Servant’s

face revealed a little uncomfortable, half a day before opening his mouth: “Last Mid-Autumn Festival, I was in the palace with the saints and queens to enjoy the moon drinking, after the banquet out of the palace, to see the street lights are beautiful, I was feeling depressed, so I got off the car to stroll in the street market, when Li Niang dressed as a small house, with a maid in the street to appreciate the lights, when bumped into me accidentally fell out of my arms out of a book of poetry, I picked it up and turned over, see that it is full of beautiful words and sentences, When I asked, I knew that this little lady had done it herself…”

Lin Chengyou listened seriously, Zheng Shu shot a handful of age, and this beautiful thought did not lose the slightest to the young man.

According to this, it originated from the encounter of the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival.

He thought about it and asked, “Besides the maid, did Shu Liniang have any other friends with her at that time?” Zheng Shuzhao

shook his head.

“The daughter of the Shu family is not there?”

“There are only two servants of Li Niang.”

Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi resigned, and Yan Sizhi wondered, “Strange, don’t shu Changshi have any children in his family?” Shu Liniang is not only a relative of the Shu family, the Mid-Autumn Festival night lights will come out to play, and there should always be several cousins of the Shu family around. Lin Chengyou was

also pondering this matter, either Shu Changshi did not have a daughter who had not yet married, or the Shu family did not like Shu Liniang very much, although they took Shu Liniang in out of relatives, but they did not want their children to associate with her. Or there are other possibilities that can only be known if you ask in person.

Suddenly, a man came to the front, almost bumped into him, not watching out for Lin Chengyou, this person was busy braking: “Shizi.”

Lin Chengyou was surprised: “Grand Duke Zheng?

Zheng Yan rang and Zheng Servant shooting is simply carved out of a mold, but also tall, thin, white, and elegant.

Zheng Yanrang was obviously a little distracted: “I just went to a friend’s place for a banquet, when did Shizi come?”

Yan Ji sniffed silently, and there was a dark incense floating in the air, thinking that it was floating from the clothes of Grand Duke Zheng. Yan Sizhi himself did not use incense, although Lin Chengyou had dark incense on his body, but the taste was cold and upright, not like the breath on Grand Duke Zheng’s body, this smell was the incense used by women.

Yan Sizhi was secretly surprised, Zheng Shu shot himself had never taken a concubine, and the discipline of his children was also very strict, I heard that Grand Duke Zheng never slept in flowers and willows, and he saw that he was about to betrothed, and he did not know where this aroma came from. Alas, it can be seen that the rumors cannot be counted, Zheng Servant shot a privately raised other housewife, and the Grand Duke also –

Lin Chengyou also smelled it, and only said: “I heard that Grand Duke Zheng’s good deeds are near, first congratulate Grand Duke Zheng.” Zheng Yan

was stunned for a moment and reluctantly smiled: “Thank you.” As

he spoke, he personally sent Lin Chengyou and Yanji directly outside the palace.

Lin Chengyou was about to turn over on his horse, when Zheng Yan rang suddenly said, “Fang just heard about Lady Rong An Bo Shizi at the table, and they all said that this murderer only picked a pregnant woman to do it, I don’t know if this murderer can be caught?” His expression was

extremely casual, as if he were just asking casually.

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

nodded and stood next to the horse to send each other.

Lin Chengyou originally wanted to go to Shu Mansion, seeing that it was already time, thinking about these things he had heard tonight, it was enough for him to sort out the case now, so he sent Yan Jizhi home by the way, and he returned to the Chengwang Mansion on horseback.

***

Teng Yuyi slept well last night, because Du Tinglan was leaving the temple today, and the sisters were busy packing up as soon as they got up in the morning.

In the blink of an eye, Teng Yuyi was thinking about sending some delicious food to absolute saints and renunciations, at this time, the Mingxin monk came with a few small Shami, saying that the vegetarian meal was placed in the Washing Heart Hall, and asked Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan to come to dinner.

Teng Yuyi had to dispel the idea of secretly eating meat in the temple, the sisters came out of Li Baixuan, halfway met the Absolute Saint and Ren Zhi, the two saw Teng Yuyi, and ran away: “Teng Niangzi…”

Teng Yuyi smiled: “I know, you copied the scripture scroll last night.”

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

Absolute Saint and Ren Zhi nodded desperately, they were bent on coming, but later master brothers stubbornly stopped them from coming.

“You stayed in the East Wing last night?” Teng Yuyi asked.

Absolute Saint and Ren Zhi shook their heads, “Last night we lived in the Scripture Cabinet, and after copying the Scriptures, we learned that the East Wing had temporarily moved in a few ladies, so we had to move our bags to the ashram inside the Scripture Cabinet again.”

Between the words, I saw several little ladies coming out from that end, and the Absolute Saint and the Renunciation Wisdom looked up, and their faces became strange.

Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi glanced at each other: “What’s wrong?” Absolute Saint lowered

his voice: “Last night I and Abandoned Zhi went back to the East Wing to get our suits, and saw a lady going to Taolin alone in the back, it was almost midnight, and I didn’t know who the lady was going to see, I and Abandoned Zhi were worried about something going wrong, so we stayed where we were and waited, and it didn’t take long to see that lady come back unharmed.”

Teng Yuyi coughed and lowered his voice: “Who?

Absolute Saint and Ren Zhi scratched their heads, “It was all midnight, and the lady was wrapped in a big cloak, and we didn’t know who it was.” As

he was speaking, two more Xiao Shami came over to deliver a message: “There are a number of guests in front of you, there are two Tanyue surnamed Du who want to see Teng Tanyue, in addition, the Jingchen Master Tai of the Yuzhen Female Crown Temple has also come, and also said that she wants to find Teng Tanyue.”

Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi looked at each other and smiled, “It is not Ah Niang and Shao Tang who have come to visit Ah Yu.”

Teng Yuyi was very happy, pondered for a moment, and revealed a surprise color: “Did Shi Tai find my pearl and shake it?” She was

anxious to see her aunt and cousin, and she was also anxious to inquire about the whereabouts of The Quiet Dust Master, and she couldn’t care about breakfast, so she turned around and went to the front yard.

Halfway through, I met the Peng family sisters, Li Huaigu, and Duan Qingying.

Strangely, they didn’t go to breakfast either, and it looked like they were going to the front yard as well.

Peng Da Niang andPeng Erniang took the initiative to greet her: “Lady Teng, Lady Du.”

Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan smiled back, Li Huaigu did not seem to sleep well last night, his face was not as good as usual, his demeanor was always soft, he took a closer look at Teng Yuyi, smiled and greeted yingying: “Ayu, Sister Lan.” The

Absolute Saint and the Renunciation of Wisdom saw the Mingxin monk and respectfully asked, “Where is the abbot and his old man at this moment?” We want to go and ask him to be safe. Mingxin said, “King

Chun’an personally sent several scrolls to the temple, and the abbot was receiving the king in the meditation room.

Absolute Saint and Renunciation Zhile said, “There are really enough people coming from this temple in the morning.” ”

[End of This Chapter]