Judgement

Chapter [-] The Beauty Visits

Chapter [-] The Beauty Visits

The boudoir of Xiulou is still tidy and tidy, the only difference is that the bronze mirror on the spring stool is gone, leaving only the mirror frame holder carved from ivory.Chen Mengsheng turned around and asked: "Master Su, who else can enter this embroidery building except you?"

Su Zhongfan said angrily: "Except for the old man and Mrs. Lin Shu, the nurse of the little girl, no one else can enter the Xiulou. Du Juan, go and call Mrs. Lin Shu, I have something to ask her."

"Yes, master." Du Juan hurried out of Su Zhaoqing's boudoir.

Chen Mengsheng picked up the ivory frame and asked, "Master Su, I don't know where this bronze mirror came from?"

Su Zhongfan frowned and said, "My wife takes care of all the things used in the little girl's boudoir. I never ask questions. Ma'am, where did you buy that bronze mirror?"

Mrs. Wen looked at the crowd, and after a long time of embarrassment, she said: "Bronze mirror...the bronze mirror was bought in Jiangzhou..."

"Jiangzhou? Humph! What a vicious woman you are, you actually bought a ghost mirror to harm my Qing'er!" Su Zhongfan was furious and stepped forward to slap Mrs. Wen. Mrs. Wen covered half of her face, her eyes closed. Even though there were thousands of grievances in her tearful heart, she was suppressed by the yelling of Su Zhongfan who was in a rage, and Madam Wen ran out of the embroidery building without looking back...

Su Zhongfan said to Chen Mengsheng angrily: "My family is unfortunate! My family is unfortunate! The little girl Qing'er was not born to me and Mrs. Wen, but to my second wife. How should I deal with this kind of thing? Qing'er's dead mother..."

Du Juan brought a young woman in her thirties, seeing Su Zhongfan's angry look, she stood silently in front of the boudoir door and dared not make a sound.Su Zhongfan pointed at the young woman and shouted: "Sister-in-law Lin Shu, let me ask you, did you take the bronze mirror from your little girl's room?"

Hearing this, the young woman shouted anxiously: "Master Su Mingjian, I come to Miss Xiulou to clean up every day, how can I get Miss's things! The bronze mirror was still there when I came to clean it, why did it disappear with such kung fu? ?”

Su Zhongfan shouted: "Bold woman, apart from the old man, only you can enter and exit the iron gate of Xiulou! If you don't ask for it, be careful that the old man escorts you to the lobby of Anqing Mansion."

Lin Shu sat down on the ground and wept uncontrollably: "Master Su, the little lady has been in the Su family for 15 years. Miss Qing'er is like her own child, and the world can show the sun and the moon. After Miss disappeared, although the little lady It was placed in the front yard by the master. But the little woman still thinks about the young lady..."

Su Zhongfan shouted: "If I found the bronze mirror because of you, I will never forgive you!" Su Zhongfan wanted to take Lin Shusao out...

"Wait! Mrs. Su is not a woman who hides mirrors. According to theory, Ms. Su has been missing for half a year. If Mrs. Lin Shu really became greedy in the house, I would not have found out that the bronze mirror was still in the boudoir last night. In the middle, Mrs. Lin Shu, when do you come here to clean every day? Did you see who came to the Xiulou just now?"

"I come to clean Miss's boudoir every day at dawn, and I didn't see anyone coming here today when I was cleaning here!" Aunt Lin Shu replied affirmatively.

Chen Mengsheng walked to the window and said, "Sister-in-law Lin Shu, you opened the window yesterday?"

Mrs. Lin Shu shook her head and said: "No, the little lady will close the doors and windows after cleaning the house and the courtyard. The window that the husband mentioned, the little lady often sees it is open when she comes. The little lady thought it was Su It is not uncommon for the master to miss the daughter and come to the embroidery building without closing the windows, so the little lady has never talked to the master about this matter."

Su Zhongfan was stunned and said, "What window? I haven't opened the window of Xiulou before?"

Standing where the woman in Tsing Yi was last night, Chen Mengsheng looked north and could only see the river in the rain in the distance, and the clean yard nearby had a few willow leaves blown down by the wind.Su Zhongfan came over to look at it and said, "Brother Chen, what are you looking at?"

"Master Su, Ling Ai was standing here last night looking to the north." Chen Mengsheng said in a low voice.

"North? Could it be that something happened to my little girl in Jiangzhou? I don't know anything about being a father, alas! I am so confused, I have become a father in vain. Sister Lin Shu, you and Dujuan girl, go down, the old man wants to be here Be quiet for a moment..." Chen Mengsheng saw that Su Zhongfan was looking at the window, he was much older, so he didn't want to disturb his meditation, and quietly left the embroidery building with Xiang Xiaotian and others...

Back in the guest room, Chen Mengsheng stopped Cui Lan and Mu Dan.The two little girls knew that Chen Mengsheng was a distinguished guest in Su's residence, so they stood on both sides with their hands down respectfully.Chen Mengsheng asked: "Apart from Miss's disappearance, have any other strange things happened in the Su residence recently?"

The two little girls looked at each other, and Mudan said: "Sir, except for the occasional pipa singing in Su's residence, there is nothing strange about it."

Chen Mengsheng asked again: "I heard Master Su said that your young lady's biological mother has passed away. Why did she die? Does anyone in the family have any grudges against your young lady?"

Cuilan girl waved her hand and said: "Miss's biological mother had passed away before we both entered Su's residence, and we have never heard of why the second lady died. Everyone in Su's residence is very fond of young lady, how can anyone be so kind to young lady?" What hatred!"

Xiang Xiaotian shouted from the side: "What do you two little girls know? Knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing the heart, it is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger. If someone wants to harm you, will they still talk about it? Only if it is not Only barking dogs will kill people, you all go to work, I have told you about this kind of thing, and you will not understand!"

After the two girls went out, Xiang Xiaotian quickly closed the door and said mysteriously: "Daughter-in-law, brother, you and Miss Shangguan are here. You all saw Mrs. Wen's expression in the embroidery building just now." Well, I see it for real. Mrs. Wen must not be involved in the disappearance of his young lady. Miss Qing'er's expenses are all bought by her. Since she is not a real mother, how can she be willing to give birth to someone else? Your daughter works hard, and you are the most poisonous woman!" Both Shangguan Yanran and Qi Ying cast killing glances at Xiang Xiaotian, and Xiang Xiaotian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stopped talking... …

Chen Mengsheng smiled and said: "What elder brother said is not unreasonable. I also suspect Mrs. Wen now. But it's not what elder brother said, but we were talking in Master Su's study, so there is no need for Mrs. Wen to hide If I heard correctly, this is the second time that Mrs. Wen has eavesdropped outside the study. The first time I noticed someone eavesdropping in the study was when Miss Du Juan was talking about the night, so it was inconvenient for me to interrupt she……"

"Listen, even my brother said that. Let me just say, then Mrs. Wen must be the one who planned it. Huh? Brother, that's not right. Mrs. Wen knows that the female ghost in the bronze mirror will only treat green ghosts. Miss, will you start? If the female ghost in the mirror harms the entire Su family, she will not be able to escape? This... I don’t understand this, is it possible that Mrs. Wen is the female ghost in the mirror? "

Chen Mengsheng sighed: "Brother, Mrs. Wen is not a female ghost, I can guarantee this. But I don't know anything about the matter, and we can't make wild guesses until there is no solid evidence to prove that Mrs. Wen did it. Wind and rain When the sun rises, let's just wait and see."  …

I haven't seen Su Zhongfan and Mrs. Wen come out all day, and the two brothers Su Zhaoyun and Su Zhaohe accompanied each meal.When Chen Mengsheng asked about Mr. Su and Mrs. Wen, the two brothers of the Su family vaguely said that Mr. Su was still in the embroidery building, and Mrs. Wen was sick and couldn't see guests.The matter of the Su residence was not clear, Chen Mengsheng and the others hurriedly ate some and went back to the guest room to rest.

When it was time to enter the watch, Xiang Xiaotian and Qi Ying went back to the room to rest, Chen Mengsheng dismissed the two little girls in the guest room, taught some of the thousand-legged movements in Shangguan Yanran's Great Compassion Mantra, and then went back to their rooms.Chen Mengsheng was alone in the room, as long as he closed his eyes, he would think of the female ghost with a skeleton on his shoulders. Is she the same female ghost as the female ghost Du Juan saw in the bronze mirror combing her hair?Su Zhaoqing is not a ghost, but where is he hiding?The sudden disappearance of the bronze mirror. Who hid the bronze mirror?Or did the bronze mirror disappear by itself?What kind of object is that bronze mirror?Where did it come from?Chen Mengsheng couldn't find an answer to these interlocking questions...

"Duk, dun, dun..., dun, dun, dun..." There were intermittent knocks on the door outside the guest room, and Chen Mengsheng pretended to be two girls, Cui Lan and Mudan, who came to deliver tea.Walked out of the room, opened the door and called out in a low voice: "Mrs. Wen, why is it you?" Outside the door, Mrs. Wen leaned against the door with a haggard face, her whole body's clothes were soaked by the rain.Her hair in a cloud bun stuck to her pale face.

Chen Mengsheng hurriedly invited Mrs. Wen into the living room, poured her a cup of hot tea and said, "Mrs. Wen visits late at night, please drink a cup of hot tea first to drive away the rain and cold."

At this moment, Mrs. Wen no longer had the slightest trace of grace and luxury. Her pale lips moved and she said in a voice as light as a mosquito's moan: "Sir, save me..., sir, save me..." The whole person fell limply on the ground. on the ground.

The force of falling to the ground knocked over the teacup on the small table with a "clang clang", the crisp sound of the porcelain cup shattering startled Xiang Xiaotian and the others, Shangguan Yanran opened the door and took a look: "Ah, Mrs. Wen has passed out. Senior brother What happened?" Immediately outside the guest room, two girls, Cui Lan and Mu Dan, knocked on the door and asked eagerly, and Chen Mengsheng told them in the hall that he accidentally hit the teacup, and told them to go back to rest and clean it up tomorrow. .The two girls waited outside the door for a while, but no one came to open the door, so they left resentfully...

"Brother, Mrs. Wen... What's wrong with Mrs. Wen?" Xiang Xiaotian asked puzzled.

"It's okay. It's because Mrs. Wen was weak and drenched in the rain and she hadn't eaten for a day. I'll just cast the nectar spell." After Chen Mengsheng cast the spell, Mrs. Wen woke up and cried loudly to Chen Mengsheng.

Shangguan Yanran helped Madam Wen to sit down and said, "Madam Wen, if you have something to say here, just speak up."

"I... I am wronged. I never harmed Qing'er girl. I bought that bronze mirror because Qing'er liked me. I really didn't know there would be a female ghost in it. Qing'er, Qing'er I...I am speechless now, sir, you must save me." Mrs. Wen sobbed.

Chen Mengsheng looked at Mrs. Wen and said: "Forgive Chen Mengsheng for being abrupt, please don't blame Mrs. Wen..."