The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Chapter 183
Being trusted by the magistrate is a good thing, but it is also a troublesome thing.

She's just a coward, Chen Yuan wailed in her heart, wanted to say that I didn't know, but replied cautiously on the face, "Didn't we catch some aunts from Yu Mansion and come back, let's see what they say later."

Bantou Yu said, "During your autopsy just now, I have interrogated these aunts, and they said no one ordered them."

During the interrogation in the Yu Mansion, there were so many old maids and servants watching outside, would these aunts dare to tell the truth?

She was slandered in her heart, but Chen Yuan also knew about the interrogation, and Yu Bantou was better than her.

"Anyone with eyes knows what's wrong with them." Wei Xiancheng interrupted Chen Yuan's speech with a sneer.

I'm used to finding fault with him, so Chen Yuan didn't get annoyed, and smiled, "I don't know much about the situation in Yu Mansion, and I always feel that these aunts in Yu Mansion seem to be divided into two groups. The aunts who are in trouble with the son seem to have children and daughters, and the aunts who made trouble in the mourning hall in the second wave, I don’t know if they didn’t bring their children when they made trouble, or did they really have no children?”

Who can know clearly about other people's rear houses?

"Chen Yuzuo has to do a good autopsy. You don't care who these aunts have children and who don't. What does this have to do with Yu Shouqian's death?"

Wei Xiancheng tugged at his sleeves impatiently, "The murder case is nothing more than love, money, power and hatred. Yu Shouqian is a businessman, and the possibility of enmity due to business is the greatest. Even if it is for emotional reasons, it has nothing to do with whether these aunts have children. "

She didn't say that other aspects are not important, Chen Yuan said, "The county magistrate is right, we should investigate from all aspects, but I really don't know the situation of Yufu, so I want to know about the relationship between people in Yufu .”

Guanzhi County issued an order to the squad, "Have you inquired about the relationship between people in the Yu Mansion?"

Yu Quan also had a lot of things to do when he was in the Yu Mansion. He had to ask questions as soon as he returned to the county office. He couldn't remember the things about the many concubines. I asked an aunt to come in and ask the masters to ask questions."

Guan Zhixian nodded, "It is possible."

"Yes."

The team leader Yu went out to give some instructions, and after a short while, Ma Li brought an aunt in sackcloth and mourning.

This aunt has a stocky figure, with a wide body and a fat appearance, she looks honest and honest, without the vicious vigor of those aunts in the Yu Mansion, and she seems to be older, with wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

Perhaps I have never seen so many serious adults in official robes. As soon as they entered the door, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

Now it is not in the court, and there is no need to question the county magistrate. Wei Xiancheng felt that it had nothing to do with these aunts, so the head of the squad went to the office by himself, "Aunt Feng, which aunt are you Yu Shouqian?"

Feng Chun'er replied frankly, "The concubine is the fourth aunt that Old Master Sheng gave to Master Yu."

"Do you have children?"

Feng Chun'er showed sadness, "Never."

Yu Quan looked at Chen Yuan. He didn't know what Chen Yuan wanted to ask in this regard. Their interrogation by the yamen servants would directly go to torture to ask how they killed people, and whether you killed them.

Chen Yuan is not sure what the death of Master Yu has to do with it, she just has questions about it, so Yu Quan entrusts her with the question, and she still has to cherish it, "Aunt Feng, how many children does Yu Shouqian have?" concubine?"

"Master has 23 wives and concubines."

There was a gasp of envy and jealousy in the room.

Nanliguo is stricter on officials taking concubines. There are 10 concubines for princes and other officials, 8 concubines for second-rank officials, 6 concubines for third-rank and state officials, 4 concubines for fourth-rank, and 3 concubines for fifth-rank.

The status of a concubine is not as good as that of a wife, but the concubine's room is more legitimate than the maid of the house and the outside room.

Although it is impossible to be so strict in actual operation, it is possible to secretly raise a concubine outside, or raise a maid in the house, but on the surface, officials still dare not blatantly take concubines at home to exceed the national law.

Who would ruin his future because of a woman.

As for private merchants, the imperial court has no way to control them, nor can they control them.

Master Yu has only one wife, Sheng Dongyue, and no reunion, so he has 22 concubines.

Chen Yuan sighed, "The 22 concubines were all given to Yu Shouqian by Mrs. Sheng?"

"No."

Aunt Feng shook her head, "In the beginning, it was Old Master Sheng who gave me the gift of my aunt. From the second aunt Qian Shulian, the third aunt Rong Qingmei and me to the ninth aunt He Juan, all were bought by Old Master Sheng and given to the master. From the tenth sister In the beginning, it was Master Yu who brought it home by himself, but occasionally concubines from Master Sheng would also be mixed in..."

Listening to Aunt Feng's talk for a long time, she also clarified that Old Master Sheng gave away a total of fourteen, and Yu Shouqian brought back eight by himself.

Chen Yuan, "You also entered the mansion earlier. Every time Old Master Sheng sent his aunt to Yu Shouqian, what expression did they both have? Are you happy?"

"At first, Mr. Yu was unhappy. At that time, Mr. Yu was thin and haggard. He couldn't forget Mrs. Sheng. He even asked Mrs. Sheng for our contract of sale, and wanted to give us money so we could go home and live our own lives."

Recalling the past, Aunt Feng showed a faint smile on her face, "Master Yu is a good man, such an affectionate man is rare, we are lucky to be able to follow him, we are not willing to leave, please stay in Yu's mansion. "

"Old Master Sheng gave it to Master Yu's aunt, did any of them give birth to a child?"

"..."

Aunt Feng bit her lip, her eyes revealing unconcealable pain, she even hid the fleeting hatred when she lowered her head, she shook her head, "Not a single one."

Now, everyone finally understood what Chen Yuan meant.

In fact, Chen Yuan just noticed that the aunts in the Naoling Hall seemed to be a little older, while those aunts with children were generally younger. Of course, this didn't mean much, but she felt that she should pay attention.

However, when asked here, she still didn't know what the specific connection was.

Guan Zhixian asked bluntly, "Why didn't you give birth to a boy and a girl for Yu Shouqian? Is it because Yu Shouqian couldn't remember the old relationship and didn't want to touch you, or he was dissatisfied that you were a woman sent by Mrs. Sheng and didn't want you to give birth to his child?"

Aunt Feng shook her head again and again, defending Yu Shouqian very much, "No, no, Mr. Yu is a good person. He should be concerned about his wife in his heart. Mrs. Sheng is worthy of Mr. Yu's love and longevity. It's us...it's us who have something wrong with Mr. Yu It's a delusion to make Mr. Yu forget his wife. I can't blame Mr. Yu for not being able to give birth to a son and a half daughter. It's... it was Mr. Sheng who made us drink the medicine of tiger and wolf when he bought us. , we... we will never have children of our own in our lifetime."

This answer is really surprising.

But within reason.

How can there be a father who is generous enough to give his daughter more than a dozen green hats without taking precautions?
Old Master Sheng was also a shrewd businessman. When Sheng Dongyue died, Yu Enming was still young. He was worried that Yu Shouqian would commit suicide, so he gave his son-in-law a concubine who looked like his daughter to relieve him.

He was also afraid that the children of the concubines would threaten Yu Enming's status in the future, so he gave these women the medicine of tiger and wolf to cut off future troubles.

In this way, it is normal for these aunts to feel hatred in their hearts.

But the person they hate should be Mrs. Sheng, and they probably won't kill Yu Shouqian.

(End of this chapter)