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Chapter 87 The Death of Auntie
Mrs. Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, squinted at Chu Qing leaning on a golden crutch: "If the murderer can't be found... I will never let you go."

Chu Qing said: "Don't worry, old lady, since Xiaosheng has accepted it, then I have the confidence... to find the murderer." When she said the last two words, she squinted her eyes and looked around, making everyone's heart skip a beat, for fear of the next moment Your name will be called out.

Chu Qing was satisfied, but she didn't do it directly. Instead, she called Steward Liu and the housekeeper of Xiao's house, and asked them to divide these people into three groups. Mrs. Xiao was also tired, so she sat in the first place to watch her move.Chu Qing asked people to divide the two hundred people into three groups, one group in Xiao Haocheng's room, one group for Xiao Haocheng's immediate family members, and one group for the rest.

But after this point was made, Chu Qing found that there were a lot of people in Xiao Haocheng's room, a total of nineteen people, one in the main room, and eighteen aunts, regardless of whether the housekeeper and others were not on the list. number.Chu Qing walked around the eighteen people expressionlessly, and stood still in front of the eldest young lady: "What were you doing between noon and midnight yesterday?"

The maid next to the Young Madam wanted to speak, but was stopped by Chu Qing. The Young Madam was not a strong master, her eyes were red, and she was very nervous holding the handkerchief. Perhaps she rarely saw outsiders, and even Dare to look up at Chu Qing, and whispered: "In, in my yard..."

Chu Qing asked without stopping: "Who can testify?"

The young lady's body froze: "The maids in the yard... can do it, as well as the nanny, the wet nurse... and Huan'er..." This Huan'er is Xiao Haocheng's legitimate son, and he is lying on the young lady's bed right now. In his arms, his eyes stared at Chu Qing vigilantly. This young master was seven or eight years old, with a tiger head and a tiger head, staring at Chu Qing like a small animal, for fear that he would bully his mother.

Chu Qing waited for the young lady to finish speaking, then hummed, without saying whether she believed it or not, and continued to ask one by one, until she asked one, she raised her eyelids: "Are you Eighth Aunt?" She asked the previous one , "This is Aunt Six, what about Aunt Seven?" Chu Qing's eyes swept over the group of people, and everyone's expression changed for some reason, and they all lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

"Don't talk?" Chu smiled softly, but this sound made people feel a little bit of a shock inexplicably, and their expressions became more subtle, and they all looked at Mrs. Xiao.

Chu Qing followed everyone's gaze and looked at Mrs. Xiao. Mrs. Xiao gave a low cough, and then glanced at the nurse beside her. The nurse said, "The eldest son's seventh aunt is dead."

"Oh? How did you die?" Chu Qing asked.

"This..." Mammy fell silent.

Chu Qingyou said quietly: "If you conceal any details, you may not be able to find the murderer."

The nanny looked at Mrs. Xiao, who squinted her eyes before slowly nodding her head. The nanny said: "The seventh auntie was punished ten times by the family for stealing the Han paper. ...I couldn’t be rescued, I died.”

"Stealing a man?" Chu Qing narrowed her eyes, "Do you have any evidence?"

Momo shook her head: "This... was tried by Eldest Young Master himself at that time, and after Qi Yiniang died, no one was allowed to talk about it. Because it was indeed Qi Yiniang who made a mistake, and the family law is not a big problem at all. , it's this Seventh Aunt's fate."

Chu Qing sneered: It's a bad fate. She set up a private court to kill people. Her Xiao family is very capable, and she will be fine with a bad fate.

But the Xiao family and the Liu family probably took care of everything a long time ago, no matter whether Qi Yiniang stole the man or not, there is nowhere to appeal for grievances.

"Does this have something to do with the death of the young master?"

"It's hard to say..." Chu Qing gave a yes and no answer, and continued to ask. She thought that there was only one wife and eighteen aunts, but it turned out that there were nineteen aunts. .

This No. 19 aunt is still very young, only about fourteen or fifteen years old, she is very petite, cowering there, looking up at Chu Qing quickly, trembling like a deer , Chu Qingfang softened his voice: "Don't be afraid, how old are you?"

Aunt Nineteen trembled and said in a small voice: "Ten, seventeen...seven."

"Huh?" This was beyond Chu Qing's expectation. Maybe it was because the little girl was petite and had a baby face, so she didn't know that she was 17 years old. It's very clear, watery, and very petite and cute, which is probably why Xiao Haocheng took her into the Xiao family. "what's your name?"

The little girl blushed, and nervously grabbed the clothes on her chest. Chu Qing observed that her hands were very rough, with many small scars on them. Even after being raised for so long, there were still many traces. I am afraid that her previous birth was not good. , and then forcibly entered Xiao's house, the traces of the past still remained.The little girl took a deep breath and said quickly, "Zeng, Zeng Cuihua."

The people around laughed out loud, obviously not in good faith... Especially Aunt Seventeen, she covered her mouth and laughed mockingly, without any scruples.

Chu Qing frowned, and swept towards those people. When she was not smiling, it was very intimidating. I wonder if she had stayed by Li Tianxiao's side for a long time, but she had learned a lot of her dignity. Even Chu Qing After looking over, seeing the fear in the opponent's eyes, he was also stunned for a moment, then touched his nose and looked away.

Aunt Seventeen was also stunned by Chu Qing's look, and she didn't dare to speak nonsense.

Just when Chu Qing was about to ask something more, suddenly the seventeenth aunt clutched her neck with a painful expression.

"Hmm..." She pinched her neck with one hand and stretched forward with the other. Chu Qing got close, her face changed slightly, and she quickly hugged her, but almost instantly, the seventeenth aunt died .

"Ah - dead! Dead!" The timid aunt fainted from fright, and the entire ancestral hall was in chaos.

Chu Qing ignored everyone's wailing, and quickly checked the body of the seventeenth aunt, and preliminarily deduced that the cause of death was the same as that of Xiao Haocheng, poisoning.

Two people died in the Xiao family one after another, and the people from the Ministry of Justice came again, but this time Master Zhen personally brought them here. Seeing Chu Qing, his expression changed slightly, but he was calm. When he got the result of poisoning, he secretly asked Chu Qing: "This time...is it really poisoning?" He was frightened by Xiao Haocheng's sudden death before. His black yarn is really lost.

Chu lightly glanced at him: "Isn't there a result in your work?"

Lord Zhen wiped the sweat from his forehead: "This officer, isn't this afraid of making mistakes? It's just how did the seventeenth aunt die?"

Chu Qing gave Master Zhen a strange look, "My lord, what you are asking is very interesting. How do I know if you ask me? Isn't this what your Ministry of Punishment wants to investigate?"

Master Zhen looked confused: "But... Didn't Mrs. Liu entrust you, Mr. Yu, to investigate the case of Young Master Xiao?"

Chu Qing nodded seriously: "Yes, but does the case of Mr. Xiao have something to do with this? I am only responsible for investigating this one. Others are not within my responsibility." Chu Qingyang smiled, but was inexplicably confused. Master Zhen felt that the other party must know something, but the other party just didn't tell him.

"You really don't know how this seventeenth aunt died? The poison in her body was caught within a stick of incense, which means that she might have died at that moment, but at that time there were only sixteen aunts and ten aunts around her. Eighth Auntie, they all have witnesses who have never been in contact with Seventeenth Auntie, and they, including their maids, do not have that kind of strong poison on them, so could Seventeenth Aunt commit suicide?" Unless she is stupid and doesn't want to live, otherwise it is definitely There is no such possibility.This seventeenth aunt is currently the most favored one in Xiao Haocheng's backyard. Although Xiao Haocheng is dead, this seventeenth aunt's family also has a backstage, and she handed over a letter yesterday, saying that she is willing to take her back to her natal family, so proud and willful How could such a lively woman not think about committing suicide?Said she died for Xiao Haocheng's love?Even an outsider like him doesn't believe it.

Chu Qing glanced at Seventeen Aunt's body covered with white cloth, and the corner of her mouth raised: "Maybe, she committed suicide?"

Master Zhen: "..." Are you sure he wasn't playing tricks on him?
Chu Qing's eyes circled around Mr. Zhen: "If I were you, Mr. Zhen, I would strictly control everyone right now and not let anyone leave. After all, everyone present is suspected."

Mr. Zhen felt a little bit in his heart: "I think so too, but this is the Xiao family! The Xiao family, a veteran of the three dynasties, has many female family members who are of high grade. How dare I dare?!"

If one is not careful, his black hat will be lost.Master Zhen glanced around quickly, everyone's eyes showed a hint of panic, after all, someone died under their noses, no matter how you looked at it, it was frightening to death, and they were afraid that they would be the next to die.The timid ones started to cry, climbed to Mrs. Xiao's legs, and started to leave, but at the moment the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice were still investigating the case, and it was impossible for them to leave. , All kinds of voices are mixed together, making people upset.

Mrs. Xiao was bored hearing this, and knocked the crutch heavily on the ground: "Shut up, old man!"

"Gah!", the surrounding voices stopped abruptly, and then there was a faint cry, making people even more uncomfortable...

The cold sweat dripped down on Mr. Zhen's forehead, and Mrs. Xiao had already looked over: "Mr. Zhen, have you finished the investigation? Is there a result? How did you die?"

Master Zhen's legs were weak: "Hurry up, hurry up..." After he finished answering, he pulled Chu Qing aside, "I know what you saw. I heard that before I came, you had already seen that The body is gone, but what do you see?"

Chu Qing's answer was ambiguous: "So what if you see it? So what if you don't see it?"

(End of this chapter)