Jinyi Music

Chapter 289 Finding the Real Murder Silian and Asking the Case

Everyone looked at each other when they heard the words, and they didn't dare to speak. Liu's eyes swept over everyone coldly, pointed to one of the women, and said,

"Xu Sanjia's, you are in charge of sweeping and sweeping, and Xiangling is in your charge. You don't know what happens to her on weekdays?"

The mother-in-law took a step forward, thought for a while and said,

"Returning to Madam, this Xiangling is honest on weekdays. I only heard that she seems to have an unmarried husband in this village..."

"Oh……"

Liu frowned, and the mother-in-law thought for a while and said,

"Xiangling was originally from the village, and I heard that she got engaged when she was young, but the old slave doesn't know what her last name is..."

Liu snorted,
"Come here, go and call Mrs. Xiangling to ask..."

Immediately someone went down, and not long after, they brought a middle-aged couple with them. The first time Guan knew about Xiangling's matter, he immediately issued a sealing order. Even though a girl died, everyone in the village knew about it. , but the farmers outside hadn't heard the news yet. Xiangling's parents didn't know that their daughter was dead, so they came in anxiously, seeing Mrs. Liu knelt down and said,

"Greetings to Madam!"

Mrs. Liu glanced at the two of them, and asked,
"I heard that Xiangling from your family...was betrothed when they were young?"

The two looked at each other, and Yu Xiangling's father responded,
"Returning to Madam, Xiangling of our family has been engaged to Wulang of Li's next door since she was young. She originally wanted to turn over the years, so she begged Madam to let her come back to marry..."

Mrs. Liu nodded and asked again,
"Her unmarried husband-in-law is in the village?"

Xiangling and his wife didn't understand even more, they looked at each other and replied,

"If you go back to Madam, that Wulang from Li's family is working on the farm, and now I think he is working in the field!"

Mrs. Liu ordered,
"Bring him!"

Someone went out immediately, and brought in a young man not long after. If Si Lian was here at this time, if he saw this young man, he would be able to recognize him as the person who followed Xiangling up the mountain yesterday. Li Wu came in and knelt down and kowtowed to Mrs. Liu,

"Greetings to Madam..."

Liu looked him up and down, and suddenly shouted after a while,

"Li Wu, have you met Xiangling in private these two days?"

Li Wu was taken aback by her drinking, a guilty conscience flashed across his face, and he stammered,

"No... I haven't met..."

According to the rules in the house, men and women are not allowed to meet in private. Li Wu is an honest man. When Liu Shi asked him such a sudden question, everyone present could see that what he said was false. Liu Shi sneered and shouted: ,

"You really haven't met?"

Li Wu's face turned red,

"Really... I really haven't met..."

Liu's eyes narrowed, and he shouted with dark eyes,

"Li Wu, do you know that Xiangling was found dead on the mountain today, she... was killed by you?"

Li Wu was shocked when he heard this,

"Xiangling is dead... Xiangling is dead... no...impossible..."

Xiangling's parents on the side were also shocked when they heard the news, and Xiangling's mother burst into tears immediately,

"My Xiangling...my daughter..."

Li Wu's face turned pale with horror,

"How did Xiangling die, I... when I left... she was still fine..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu's eyes were like knives,

"When you left... that means you met on the mountain?"

……

At night, Cuixi, who had gone outside to inquire about news, came back.

"Young Madam, Young Madam, the murderer has been found, Madam personally asked him...it is Xiangling's fiancée-in-law, Li Wu..."

Si Lian was taken aback when she heard the words,
"Li Wu..."

Yesterday on the mountain, I heard Xiangling call Wuge. She turned her head to look at Mama Wang, who frowned and asked,
"Madam, did you ask why Li Wu killed someone?"

Cuixi shook her head,

"Then Li Wu has always denied it, but he himself recruited it. Yesterday afternoon, he and Xiangling had a tryst on the mountain, and the two of them...the two returned it..."

Mama Wang became more and more strange.

"It's a fiancé couple, and they have skin-to-skin relationships. They will get married and live together in the future. Why would Li Wu kill her?"

Cui Xi still shook her head,

"Madam ordered him to be locked up in the firewood room, preparing to send him to the city tomorrow, to the prison of the government..."

Si Lian felt that this case was very strange, and asked again,
"What about Xiangling's body?"

Cui Xi replied,

"She was brought back by her parents, and now she is probably dead at home, and she will be buried tomorrow..."

According to the rules here, Xiangling is an unmarried daughter who died dishonorably. It is impossible for a normal person to stay at home for a few days when she dies. Among the ancestral graves at home, I can only find a place to bury them far away, and I won't even stand a monument.

Si Lian frowned tightly, got up and walked around the room step by step for several times, before raising her head and saying,
"No, I'm afraid there is something hidden about this matter, I still have to go see my wife..."

After saying that, he changed his clothes and went to see Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu has been tired for the past few days, so she will deal with this matter when she comes back today, and she will only have dinner at this time. When she heard that Silian had come, she couldn't help but frown.

"What is she doing here?"

It should be that something happened today, and the person who came to inquire about the news felt dissatisfied.
"It's none of her business, she's coming to bother me!"

But she is not easy to drive people away, so she put down the bowl and chopsticks and said,
"Let her in!"

After Si Lian came in to meet Mrs. Liu and saluted, she didn't make any detours, straight to the point,

"Mother-in-law, I'm afraid this case is a bit strange. My daughter-in-law wants to meet that Li Wu..."

Mrs. Liu became more and more dissatisfied when she heard the words.
"Then Li Wu has already confessed that he was with that Xiangling on the mountain yesterday. Although he has always refused to admit that he killed Xiangling, but according to your judgment, Xiangling died yesterday, and he was the last one to see him. Who else is the person wearing the incense bell?"

Silian shook her head,

"Mother-in-law, it's not easy for this farmer's family to marry a wife. Li Wu and Na Xiangling are already husband and wife. Why did he kill her?"

Liu replied,

"Although he doesn't recognize it, the relationship between men and women is not clear. Many people are affectionate one moment, but want to strangle each other to death the next moment. Maybe after they got along, they had a quarrel, and Li Wu was angry. Under the circumstances, accidentally strangled her?"

Silian shook her head again,
"If you say that, it's even more strange! Xiangling was strangled to death with a rope. Li Wu met her on the mountain, why did he bring a rope? Could it be that he wanted to strangle her from the beginning? , and the reality of husband and wife, why did Li Wu premeditate to strangle her, could it be that Xiangling did something that made him angry, did Li Wu ever confess?"

Liu's eyes were fixed, and he listened to Si Lian again,
"Besides, everyone on the mountain can go, and Li Wu may not be the last to see Xiangling..."

After a pause, he said,
"Besides, Xiangling was naked when she died, where did her clothes go?"

Silian tilted her head and thought for a while,

"Although my daughter-in-law doesn't understand men's thoughts very well, according to my daughter-in-law, even if Li Wu wants to kill her, it will always be a woman who has had a relationship with him. Why would she not let her cover her body after death?" I don't have any clothes..."

This man is always possessive. The woman I have met, even if she is dead, why doesn't she want to be seen by other men, right?
Mrs. Liu pondered for a long time after hearing the words,
"Then... in your opinion?"

Silian replied,

"My daughter-in-law thinks the murderer... I'm afraid it's not Li Wu..."

Liu's eyes flickered, and he nodded for a while,
"Okay, go and ask!"

Si Lian nodded and turned to go out. The woman next to Mrs. Liu came over and asked,
"Ma'am, it's not good for this matter to drag on for a long time..."

Liu replied,

"Although I want to suppress the matter as soon as possible, I can't wrong a good person. If the master comes back and finds out..."

Their family is no different than other families. If there is a murder case in other people's family, the matter should be suppressed as soon as possible, and the big and small things will be reduced. As for the real murderer, they don't really care that much, but their family is different. The master did this. If a group of people know that they are disregarding human life, they will definitely not let it go when they come back!

The mother-in-law said again,

"How can Mrs. Eighth Young Master solve the case? Why don't you report it to the master and let the master come back?"

Liu shook her head,

"Someone died because I didn't manage the family strictly. If I ask the master for help again..."

Mrs. Liu used to be proud of her strict family management and her servants' respect and respect. Now that something like this happened in the family, she couldn't handle it by herself, and she asked her husband-in-law for help. With her strong temper, she really couldn't hold back her face. After thinking about it, she said
"Let her try it first, and if it doesn't work, then ask the master for help..."

The four lotus head went to the woodshed, and saw Li Wu who was tied up in the woodshed. Li Wu was crying bitterly in the woodshed. Seeing her coming, although she didn't know which master it was, but seeing Si Lian's attire, she knew it must be a young lady from the house.

Lying on the ground, touching the ground repeatedly with her forehead, Si Lian couldn't bear it, and ordered,

"Come on, untie him!"

Someone from the side came to untie Li Wu, Li Wu turned over and knelt down, pulled his sleeves to wipe his face, and sobbed,

"Many... thank you... thank you, master..."

Silian nodded,

"I am Madam Eighth Young Master, I came here today to ask you something..."

Li Wu kowtowed and said,
"Madam Eighth Young Master, may I ask..."

Silian Road,
"When did you and Xiangling go up the mountain yesterday?"

Li Wu thought for a while and said,

"In the afternoon...Xiangling said that the masters of the family will have a rest in the afternoon, so she... invited me to the dense forest on the mountain..."

Speaking of this, his face blushed, he was a young man, and he really couldn't say anything about the private affairs between men and women with a young lady who looked young and immature. Si Lian also felt embarrassed. The matter is of great importance, she suppressed the discomfort in her heart, and said coldly,

"How often have you seen each other, and how long were you together yesterday?"

Li Wu blushed and said,

"The little one and Xiangling have been engaged since they were young. Sometimes the little one goes to the city to deliver food, and it's okay to see her secretly... nothing. Only in summer, the masters go to the village to escape the heat. We ...we can secretly...yesterday...yesterday just...just stayed for about two hours..."

(End of this chapter)