Chapter 969 Murderer
Xia Zihan and Mrs. Zhuo were both in Mrs. Chu's house. They told the maids and women who were waiting on the old lady, "You must feed the old lady medicine on time every day without delay. Also, the old lady is weak." , I can’t stand the cool breeze. The wind in the morning and evening is very cold at this time. The windows should be opened in the morning for ventilation every day and closed in the middle of the night. If something happens, you should report it to me and the princess in time..."
Alright, alright, Mrs. Zhuo gave the instructions for half an hour, and after drinking three cups of tea, she finally finished her instructions.
Seeing that Chu Jingxiu was staying by the old lady's side and serving her well, Mrs. Zhuo called Xia Zihan to say goodbye to the old lady.
Mrs. Chu had a straight face, as if she was disgusted with seeing them. After glancing at their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she closed her eyes and kept humming.
Seeing her behavior, Mr. Zhuo told Xia Zihan to leave.
As soon as she walked out of Mrs. Chu's yard, a maid came to report, "Princess, princess, someone came to the gate to ask for help. He said he was a servant of the second bedroom who was serving the old lady. After the old lady left, the eldest young master of the second bedroom asked for help." To deal with them, they asked the princess and the princess to go to Chu's house to save their lives."
"Please go to the government office for help. Why are you here? This is Prince Anjun's residence, not the government office." Mrs. Zhuo waved her hand impatiently and asked the maid to drive out the servants who came to the door.
Mrs. Zhuo had a shadow in her heart about the matter involving the second wife of the Chu family. She was afraid and did not dare to mess with it.
Xia Zihan guessed that Chu Jingwu must have known about Mrs. Chu's poisoning of the old lady and was punishing the people below.
She pulled Zhuo's sleeve and said, "Mom, since people come to your door asking for help, then we will call them in and ask about the situation first before deciding whether to save or not. If we just drive people away like this, what will happen to outsiders?" When they arrive, they will definitely say that we, the people of Anjun Prince’s Mansion, are ruthless and unjust in refusing to save us.”
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhuo felt that what Xia Zihan said made sense. It was more important to maintain the dignity of Prince Anjun than to dislike the Chu family.
She waved her hand and asked the little maid to lead him to the side hall.
The person who came was an old woman and a child of the Chu family. When the family was divided, her family, son, daughter-in-law, husband and daughter, were all assigned a second room.
Nowadays, the family is doing a great job in the second room, and they are the right-hand man and right-hand man of Mrs. Chu and Chu Jingwu.
The mother-in-law is one of the stewards of the second room of the Chu family, in charge of the kitchen, which is the most lucrative area. Her husband is Chu Jingwu’s little steward outside, her son is the servant who follows Chu Jingwu, and even her daughter is with Mrs. Chu. Second-class maid.
This time Mrs. Chu was ill, and her daughter and daughter-in-law were transferred to serve Mrs. Chu. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chu was poisoned, and her daughter-in-law and daughter were about to be killed by Chu Jingwu because of poor care. , the old woman was scared, so she thought of coming to Prince An's Mansion to beg Zhuo and the princess to go to the second room of the Chu family to spare their lives.
In any case, her family is a descendant of the Chu family. She once served Chu Xuanyu's mother, and she was kind to Chu Xuanyu.
When the old lady saw Zhuo and Xia Zihan, she knelt down and kowtowed for help, "Princess, princess, this old slave has no other choice, so he came to ask you to save the lives of my daughter-in-law and daughter."
As the old woman spoke, she shed tears and recounted the injustices and grievances of her daughter-in-law and daughter, and then cried, "The young master will kill more than a dozen servants, princesses, princesses, and slaves regardless of whether they are innocent or not." It's all wrong, you poisoned me Man, we won’t get any benefits, and we may lose our lives if we are not careful. No one will do this thankless thing, but the eldest young master has determined that we poisoned the old lady. This is Ten thousand injustices.”
The old woman cried and complained about her injustice. While she was talking and crying, she looked at Zhuo's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law again.
Seeing the two of them as if they were watching a play, with no sympathy or mercy on their expressions, the old woman felt chills in her heart. Just when the old woman was about to be cruel and kowtow, Xia Zihan spoke up. She said, "Since you said it was unjust, then the eldest young master of the second room is not an unreasonable person, so he will not kill him randomly." Maybe he just said that to scare you.”
"You said that none of you poisoned the old lady, but the poison in the old lady's body has been there for half a year. Then you said that such a long-lasting poison was not poisoned by the people waiting around you. Outsiders can still poison it, even if it is Outsiders, you slaves are also guilty of not caring enough, and it’s not unfair to say so.”
Xia Zihan's expression was cold and indifferent, and what he said was true. The old woman did not dare to refute, so she had to kneel down and kowtow desperately.
Seeing that her forehead was bruised, Mrs. Zhuo couldn't bear it and said, "Go back first. I will send someone over to tell your eldest young master that this matter actually involves the person who poisoned the old lady. That light We can't solve it privately. I think this matter has to be reported to the government and let the officials intervene in the investigation. Only in this way can you really be cleared of suspicion."
Although she thought Mrs. Zhuo was right, the mother-in-law turned pale with fright when she heard the word "official government".
Since ancient times, the people have been afraid of officials. No common people are willing to deal with people from the government. Even if they have not done anything wrong, the mother-in-law is still afraid.
Just as she was about to say something, the woman beside Zhuo picked her up and sent her out.
As soon as the mother-in-law left, Mrs. Zhuo asked her daughter-in-law, "Ayu, what do you think of this matter?"
"Mom, I don't dare to make a conclusion until this matter comes to light. Let's leave it to the government to resolve it."
Xia Zihan thought that although Mrs. Chu was the old lady of the Chu family, everyone in the capital knew that this old lady had a bad relationship with Chu Xuanyu, and there was even a deep hatred between the stepmother and her son.
In the future, if Mrs. Chu was poisoned and died, and word spread, maybe some people would suspect that the poison was caused by Chu Xuanyu.
Therefore, when Mrs. Zhuo wanted to turn her mother-in-law away, Xia Zihan would persuade her to let people in, so that the people in Anjun Palace would have an excuse to stand up for the old lady with great fanfare and seek justice for her. .
Only when the truth about Mrs. Chu's poisoning comes to light, in the future, after Mrs. Chu is poisoned and dies, no one outside will doubt Chu Xuanyu.
An hour later, Capt. Li led a group of officials to Chu's house.
At this time, Chu Jingwu was interrogating a group of servants who were waiting on the old lady. Only when he saw the official officer did he realize that someone had actually revealed the matter and reported it to the government.
Chu Jingwu, who was a fourth-rank official, did not dare to show off in front of Capt. Li. He hurriedly led Capt. Li into the room and told Capt. Li all the causes and consequences he knew one by one.
Then, Chu Jingwu asked Capt. Li, "You must find the murderer behind the scenes, otherwise, a hundred years later, when I go to the underworld, I will not be able to see my father."
(End of chapter)