The wife of the power minister's family

Xu Jing was silent for a moment and said, "Even if I figure it out, the pain in my heart will not diminish at all."

Mrs. Zhou bit her lip and said: "Mrs. Xu is also a mother, so she can understand Yanxia's mood firsthand. After aborting the child, Yanxia was even more depressed than when she first returned to the Jiang family. She couldn't talk at all throughout the day. Without a word, during that time, everyone in the family was worried about Yan Xia and tried their best to make Yan Xia happy.

Mother even sent all the maids around her to Yanxia, ​​just for fear that... she was afraid that Yanxia would be distracted and commit suicide..."

Xu Jing's eyes turned slightly.

In this way, the Jiang family also felt that Jiang Sanniang might commit suicide.

She remembered Jiang Yu's words and asked, "But didn't Jiang Erlang say that he didn't think Jiang Sanniang would commit suicide?"

Mrs. Zhou sighed softly and said: "Although Erlang's thoughts are not as delicate as those of us women, he still cares about his sister. What he said is not wrong. Although Yanxia was depressed at first, these two Yue, she has gradually become cheerful and is willing to go out of the house. Although we are very happy, we are still a little worried in our hearts. We are afraid that Yanxia just doesn't want us to worry and is forcing a smile.

After all, according to Jingyi and the others, Yanxia still occasionally sheds tears secretly when she is alone at night. "

Xu Jing remembered that Jingyi was a maid beside Jiang Sanniang.

Xu Jing looked at her and asked, "How likely is it that Mrs. Zhou thinks Jiang Sanniang will commit suicide?"

Zhou was silent and shook her head slightly, "I don't know. After all, it hasn't been half a year since that incident happened. I don't think anyone will believe that Yan Xia can completely come out of it in such a short period of time. "

indeed.

Xu Jing asked again: "Yao Shaoyin said that Jiang Sanniang secretly left the house alone last night. Has she done anything similar before?"

Zhou shook her head again and said: "No, Yan Xia is a very polite woman. She rarely does anything out of the ordinary, let alone sneak out of the house. But did she ever do such a thing when she was a girl? I I’m not sure, if Mrs. Xu wants to know, she can ask Erlang.”

Xu Jing couldn't help but lower her eyes and think deeply.

If Zhou could speak to her on behalf of the Jiang family, she must have formed a consensus among the Jiang family.

From this point of view, the Jiang family also felt that Jiang Sanniang might have committed suicide, but they did not want to believe this fact, so they wanted to conduct a thorough investigation.

Xu Jing asked again: "Are there any enemies around Jiang Sanniang, or people who might kill her?"

If she was killed, there must be some reason why the murderer went to such trouble to kill her.

This question obviously made Ms. Zhou a little embarrassed. She thought for a long time before saying: "To be honest, since I married into the Jiang family, the Yanxia I have seen has always been a self-restrained, polite, quiet and elegant woman. Although she is from the Jiang family, The daughter-in-law of the eldest family has no airs and treats the servants around her very well. I really can't think of any enemies for Yan Xia.

Perhaps the only people who have a grudge against Yan Xia are the villains of the Xin family. When Xin Lei was imprisoned, the rest of the Xin family was implicated and demoted to common people. They once begged Yan Xia to let the Jiang family help them. Xia refused, so they... then said some very unpleasant words to Yan Xia. It is said that Xin Lei's mother was particularly vicious and wanted to scratch Hua Yan Xia's face on the spot. Fortunately, Erlang and the others arrived in time.

But those villains from the Xin family have all left the capital now. "

Xu Jing nodded and said, "I understand. If I have any questions later, I'll ask Mrs. Zhou."

After saying that, he and Mr. Zhou walked back to the crowd.

Suddenly, there was a soft snapping sound in Xu Jing's ears. She was slightly startled, lowered her head, and realized that she had accidentally stepped on a branch as thick as a bamboo stick.

The branch was too thin and had been broken by her feet.

She stared blankly at the branch lying on her footprints, and suddenly there was a flash of lightning in her mind.

Yes, footprints!

She remembered that her height and weight were about the same as Jiang Sanniang's, so the depth of her footprints on the snow should be about the same as Jiang Sanniang's!

However, she looked at her own footprints at this time, and then recalled the footprints of Jiang Sanniang she had just seen. Jiang Sanniang's footprints seemed to be deeper than hers!

She quickly quickened her pace and walked back to Jiang Sanniang's footprints. She walked directly in and stepped on one of the footprints.

With such an intuitive comparison, the difference between the two footprints becomes even more obvious.

Jiang Sanniang's footprints are indeed deeper than hers!

Xu Jing looked forward again and saw a broken branch in the footprints of one of Jiang Sanniang not far away. The branch was about the thickness of a man's middle finger. Xu Jing stepped forward and picked up one of the branches. She found a branch nearby that was about the same thickness and tried to put it under her feet.

The branch was broken, but not completely severed.

Xu Jing's eyes couldn't help but darken.

Everyone looked at her actions with some confusion. Yao Shaoyin couldn't help but said: "Ms. Xu, what are you doing?"

Xu Jing stood up straight, turned to look at them, took a breath, and said: "Jiang Sanniang... was indeed killed by someone. The murderer should be a woman or a relatively thin and short man."

Seeing everyone's shocked faces, Xu Jing walked back to the two footprints of herself and Jiang Sanniang, pointing at the two footprints and said: "Jiang Sanniang and I are about the same height and weight, but the footprints left by Jiang Sanniang , obviously deeper than mine, and the owner of the footprints accidentally stepped on a branch when walking to the river. I just found a branch of similar thickness to test. With my weight, I can't step on it.

this means……"

Xu Jing paused, and when she saw that the faces of many people not far away had darkened, she knew that they understood what she meant, and said: "That footprint was probably not left by one person, but by two people. This morning , someone wore Jiang Sanniang's shoes, carried or carried her to the river, and then threw Jiang Sanniang into the river..."

Although the footprints were deeper than hers, they were not much deeper. They looked similar to the footprints left by the tall and muscular government servants next to them, so Xu Jing didn't notice the issue of depth when she first saw those footprints.

This shows that if her guess is true, the combined weight of the two people should be similar to those of the larger Yamen servants.

If Fang Shaotou was here, he would definitely be able to notice this earlier.

Everyone in the Jiang family was surprised and angry. Mrs. Zhou took a deep breath and said, "But if this is the case, how did the murderer leave..."

"swim."

Jiang Yu, who was standing next to Xu Jing, had a calm face and said word by word: "He and Sister jumped into the river at the same time, then left Sister and swam away.

I'm afraid that the shoe that fell by the river was also intentional, just to mislead us. "

This can explain why the murderer left no trace at all!

Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Swimming away in this kind of weather, this criminal is also a ruthless person!

Jiang Yu, who stays in the military camp all year round, doesn't think it's a big deal. After all, winter swimming is also a relatively common sport, and many soldiers in the army have the habit of winter swimming.

"Then...who killed the third sister!"

The young lady from the Jiang family who first refuted Jiang Yu suddenly said with red eyes and gritted her teeth: "It can't be...it can't be that those villains from the Xin family secretly returned to the capital and killed the third sister to vent their anger!"

Yao Shaoyin immediately glanced at her and said, "I heard that when Jiang Sanniang left the Xin family, she had a very unpleasant quarrel with the Xin family. Please tell us the specific situation. In addition to these, we will also discuss it later. There are some questions to ask.”

Now that this is a homicide, the situation is completely different.

At this time, Xing Guogong took a step forward and said in a cold voice: "We, the Jiang family, will fully cooperate with the Xijing government office. We also hope that the Xijing government office can catch the murderer as soon as possible so that my daughter can find peace under Jiuquan."

After hearing that her daughter had been killed, Mrs. Xing Guogong, who was already emotionally unstable, staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Yao Shaoyin nodded solemnly, "Please rest assured, Mr. Xing."

Xu Jing pursed her lips slightly, recalling the funeral she saw on her way back to Xijing yesterday.

I'm afraid, this is not as simple as a simple murder.