First Wife of Zhu Family

Chapter 337 Grief
"He was going to Huo's mansion to ask Aunt Gu, but was stopped by the guard at the gate. Later, the man used some method to persuade the guard to call out a girl..."

"The girl went in after hearing a few words from him... But not long after, another tall and thick old woman came out of the mansion. As soon as she came up, she asked the gatekeeper to drive Sun Chuan away aggressively... She was probably afraid of Sun Chuan He made a fool of himself, and went over to point at him and scolded him personally. The subordinates recognized that the woman was served by Mrs. Gu, fearing that there would be further problems, so they kept hiding in the dark to observe... and found that although Sun Chuan Face left angrily, but when she turned around, she sneaked into the back alley of Huo's house..."

Song Zixun raised his eyebrows with interest.

"Not long after, I saw Mrs. Gu sneaking out from the back door to join him... Both of them looked a little strange, but Sun Chuan had a calm demeanor from beginning to end, and he was beaming when he talked about happiness. It was Mrs. Gu who didn't know what he said, and her face was always gloomy... The two talked for a while, and then it seemed that they had reached some agreement, and Sun Chuan left contentedly..."

Song Zixun thought for a while, "Can you hear what they said?"

The yamen servant shook his head and said, "At first, the subordinates were afraid of arousing suspicion, so they didn't dare to get too close... I vaguely heard some restaurant mentioned..." Seeing that Song Zixun frowned, he hurriedly continued, "But when Sun Chuan was about to leave, I made an agreement with Mrs. Gu that I will go to her again in a few days."

Song Zixun nodded, "When you brought him back to the Yamen just now, did you ask about this matter?"

"No." Another yamen servant hurriedly said, "The subordinates felt that this matter was a bit strange, and they were afraid of being overwhelmed, so they didn't dare to act rashly... Only when Sun Chuan left the back alley, did he pretend to pass by Huo's mansion and took his portrait Compare it with me and bring him back."

Song Zixun nodded slightly, "You guys did a good job..." He leaned back in his chair, "Go and bring people in."

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Sun Chuan is a young man in his 20s, neatly dressed and handsome, but his eyes are not very straight, and they float around from the moment he enters the door, giving people a sense of frivolity and wretchedness.

He stepped forward and saluted, "Caomin has met the magistrate."

Song Zixun sized him up, glanced at the baggage on his back, and asked calmly, "Are you Sun Chuan?"

"The Caomin is exactly Sun Chuan." Sun Chuan said respectfully, "I don't know if my lord asked a few servants to bring the Caomin to the yamen...what's your business?"

"What's so important... don't you know?" Song Zixun raised his eyebrows with a half-smile, "But since you don't know, why did you go straight to the gate of Huo's mansion as soon as you entered the city and didn't even have time to return home? You What are you doing?"

Sun Chuan's expression froze, "Caomin—"

Song Zixun didn't talk nonsense with him, he just threw a sachet in front of him, "Do you recognize this thing?"

Sun Chuan was taken aback for a moment, seeing that it was a spring sachet embroidered with men and women dunlun, his face couldn't help but heat up, "Caomin recognizes..." He whispered, "Caomin also bought a similar sachet a few months ago as a gift. To the girl I like... just didn't expect..." He said, with a bit of grief in his eyes, and even his eye sockets were a little red.

Song Zixun looked at his heartbroken face coldly, and asked slowly, "The girl you are talking about is..."

"It's Xiaohong, the maidservant of the Huo family." Sun Chuan seemed to be waiting for his words. As soon as Song Zixun finished speaking, he couldn't wait to reply, "To tell you the truth, the county lord, Xiaohong and I are from the same village. , our childhood sweethearts, if it wasn't for the flood at home, maybe the children would run away now..." Seeing Song Zixun frowned impatiently, he hurriedly said, "We met by chance on the street a year ago. , I was overjoyed to find out that the other party is not yet married, we already hit it off, so... so the old relationship soon rekindled."

Song Zixun nodded, "The servants of the Huo family said that they saw Xiao Hong sneak out of the mansion to meet a young man several times...Is it you?"

Sun Chuan was ashamed, "Exactly." He whispered, "Caomin and Xiaohong reunited after a long absence, and they didn't want to be separated for a moment... We also made an agreement, and in a few years, she will marry her Thanks to my aunt's grace, I will come out and marry the grass people."

He said with tears in his eyes, "Who knows that the grass people look forward to the stars and the moon every day, and they heard the news of her death before they got her out of the house!" Sun Chuan became more and more sad, "Today, the grass people just returned to the city, and they heard the news of her death!" I was talking about a tragedy that happened in the Huo family... Only now did Caomin know that Xiaohong died the day after Caomin left..." Speaking of sadness, Sun Chuan couldn't help crying.

Song Zixun nodded sympathetically, "Then you went to Huo's house just now..."

Sun Chuan wiped his tears with his sleeve, "Xiaohong's parents are gone. Although Caomin and her have not worshiped heaven and earth, in Caomin's heart, she has long regarded her as an unmarried wife... the wife is dead, and the husband's Is there any reason for indifference? Caomin originally wanted to go to Huo's house to ask for an explanation, at least to leave a few of Xiaohong's relics for thought... Who knows that the Huo family's servants are so powerful that they don't even allow Caomin to enter... The grass-roots come out!" As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves filled with righteous indignation, and sure enough, he saw a few red and purple scratches on his arms.

Song Zixun said "uh" very cooperatively, "So you went today and didn't see anyone from the Huo family?"

Sun Chuan nodded bitterly, "It's not just because I didn't see it! I'm afraid they didn't pass it on to Cao Min!"

Song Zixun frowned and said, "It does sound a little unreasonable." He changed the subject, "But the body of the deceased is in the morgue right now. If you want to see it, you can ask someone to take you there later."

Sun Chuan's expression paused, and he quickly said gratefully, "Caomin thank you, sir."

"It's easy to say." Song Zixun waved his hand, "The most important thing now is to find the murderer as soon as possible... You have a deep relationship with the deceased. Has she ever told you that she had a conflict with someone, or that there was something wrong with her?" Afraid of troublesome things?"

Sun Chuan's eyes flickered slightly, "Caomin doesn't have any impression..." He frowned and recalled, "Xiao Hong is the auntie of the Huo family. I heard from her that everyone is very polite to her, but I didn't listen Talk about having a holiday with someone..."

He gritted his teeth and said, "If I know that some duplicitous bastard hurt my Hong'er, I will cut him into pieces to comfort Hong'er's soul in heaven!"

He seemed to realize that he lost his composure after he finished speaking, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Caomin made a mistake... please forgive me, my lord."

Song Zixun looked at him steadily, "I can understand your feelings..." He paused, "So you can't give me any clues about Xiaohong's death?"

Sun Chuan nodded sincerely and helplessly, "Caomin really doesn't know anything."

(End of this chapter)