The Good Wife of Transmigration

Chapter 13 Lilac Holds Half of the Silver Hairpin in Her Hand

Jiwei thought for a while, and told Mother Du: "I see, I'd better keep pretending to be dizzy, and you can just secretly bring me something to eat. Besides, nanny, you quietly ask Shuyue to find out where Ding Xiang's home is." After finding out the address, send a letter to Brother Da Lin and ask him to check quietly to see if Ding Xiang's family is still there and if there has been any movement recently. Also, you quietly call two honest girls and let them Keep an eye on the woodshed where Lilac is being held to see if there is any movement, but keep them away from the woodshed."

Mother Du nodded and hurriedly took orders.Dalin is her son, and he helps Jiwei take care of Zhuangzi. It shouldn't be a problem to do this kind of thing.

On this day, Jiwei suffered to the extreme, only secretly ate a few pieces of pastries brought by Lily of the Valley, and had to lie on the bed and pretend to be dizzy.

Shuyue went out a few times, but she quickly found out Ding Xiang's address and asked Mama Du to pass the letter on.

Later, Sister Bei came to say hello to her mother after dinner, and saw her mother sleeping on the bed for a long time without moving, she was so worried that she kept dropping golden beans.Mrs. Xu managed to coax her away.

Jiwei was lying on the bed, hearing the crying, her heart was in pain like a knife, her hands were tightly clenched into balls, and in the end her fingernails were dug into the flesh.

Jiwei swears in her heart that in the future, she will make the little girl laugh every day.

At night, everyone went to bed, and Jiwei couldn't sleep again.She practiced yoga on the bed for a while before falling asleep again.Who knows how long before she fell asleep, she heard a faint shout from outside: "It's not good, Lilac hanged herself!"

This sharp voice pierced the tranquility of the night, heralding that this would be another sleepless night.

That sharp shout quickly made the Luoxia Courtyard become noisy.The light cloud who was sleeping on the smoked bed and kept watch at night hurriedly put on his clothes and lit the oil lamp.

At this time, Mama Du, who was sleeping in the Baosha, also opened the curtain and entered the back room.She nodded slightly to Lianyun, then hurried to the green gauze closet, lifted the curtain and said softly: "Girl, don't worry. I'll go and have a look first."

Jiwei grabbed Mama Du's sleeve and warned, "Nurse, there must be something strange about this matter. Take a closer look at Ding Xiang to see if there is anything unusual about her."

Mother Du patted Jiwei's hand reassuringly: "Don't worry, girl, the nanny's eyes are bright!"

When Madam Du arrived with Ling Lan, many girls and women had already gathered in the courtyard at the southwest corner, discussing a lot.However, most people are very timid and dare not approach the woodshed.

The gatekeepers, Mrs. Cai and Mrs. Ma, were both sophisticated, and when they found out that Ding Xiang was hopeless, they sent the little girl to report to Grandma, while the two of them guarded the door of the firewood room and never let anyone in again.

Mother Du didn't go forward to inquire about anything, she just stood aside and listened intently to the discussions of the maids and women.It's a pity that those girls and women said some words that were frightened, and there was nothing worth caring about.

In the early spring weather, the night was still chilly, and Madam Du shivered slightly with her sleeves wrapped around her sleeves.In this uncle's mansion, the life of their master and servant is really like walking on eggshells.I don't know what will happen this time?

"Grandma is here." Someone called softly, and immediately silenced the audience.

A group of people came in from the door, women with torches walking on both sides, a grandma wearing a lotus blue bucket pattern cloak with embroidered flowers walking in the middle, followed by Mother Zhu.

Seeing them coming, the crowd automatically made way for them, followed by a sound of greetings.Mama Du also blessed her and said, "Greetings to grandma."

Qiu stopped, stared into Mama Du's eyes, and asked, "Your grandma, are you still awake?"

Mother Du replied in a low voice, "Yes."

Qiu Shi nodded: "Then you go and have a look together."

At the door of the firewood room, Qiu stood still and asked, "How did you two take care of her? You actually let her hang herself."

The two women came up to meet them and fell to their knees with a plop.Among them, Mrs. Cai, who was more eloquent, replied: "Grandma forgive me, the slaves have been guarding the door. Ding Xiang cried for a while, and then she ate two steamed buns. The slaves did not expect Ding Xiang to seek death. So I didn’t open the door to check. At night, the servants were a little worried, so they opened the door and took a look. Unexpectedly, they saw Lilac hanging on the beam. We didn’t know if Lilac was still alive, so we put Lilac Who knew that Ding Xiang would have passed away already."

Qiu frowned: "The two of you have been guarding and haven't left?"

The two women quickly replied: "No."

Qiu asked again: "Has anyone been to this yard?"

Mrs. Cai shook her head: "No one has been here. Only the people from the small kitchen came to deliver food to us."

Seeing that she couldn't ask anything, Mrs. Qiu asked Mrs. Cai to go in first with a torch, and then she brought Mama Zhu, Mama Du and Lixia into the firewood room.

On the floor of the firewood house, Ding Xiang was lying there upright, sticking out her tongue, and her death looked a little scary.The eldest grandma turned her face away after taking a look, as if feeling a little nauseous.Li Xia also patted his chest and hid aside.

But Mother Du approached quietly to see if there was anything unusual about Ding Xiang.The clothes on Ding Xiang's body were still neat, but a sweat towel was missing.Mother Du looked up and saw that sweat towel was tied in a knot and hung on the beam.It seems that Lilac used this to hang herself.

Li Xia suddenly shouted from the side: "Hey, there seem to be some words on the ground."

Mother Du leaned over her head and saw three words written on the ground - "Fourth Grandma", her face changed suddenly.Mama Du doesn't know many words, but she can still read these few words.It's just that Lilac wrote these three characters before hanging herself, which is really harmful.

The eldest grandma walked up to those words and said, "Is this the word 'fourth grandma'?"

Li Xia said quickly: "Ah, this must have been written by Ding Xiang before he died."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, but felt that it seemed reasonable.Why did Ding Xiang write these two characters before she died?It is obvious to tell everyone that even if she dies, she must prove that Aunt Ruan's miscarriage was really manipulated by the fourth grandmother.

Zhu's mother asked back: "Ding Xiang is illiterate, right? Could it be written by someone else?"

Mrs. Cai next to her quickly said: "This firewood house was just cleaned yesterday. I took a look when I came in with Lilac on my shoulders. The floor was bare and there was nothing there!"

Now, it is confirmed that the word could only be written by Ding Xiang.

Mother Du was furious, and she endured not to argue, but stared closely at Ding Xiang's corpse.Suddenly, she saw that Ding Xiang's right hand was tightly clenched, as if she was holding something, and she quickly shouted: "Look, Ding Xiang seems to be holding something in her hand."

Zhu's mother took a look, as if Lilac was really holding something in her hand.She refused to touch Ding Xiang's body, and pointed to Pozi Cai, "Go and see."

Pozi Cai squatted down and opened Ding Xiang's clenched fingers, and inside was a small piece of truncated silver.Granny Cai looked at the thing to the torch, and said, "It looks like the handle of a silver hairpin, and there are wishful cloud patterns engraved on it! But, why is Lilac clutching such a thing when she is dying?"

Everyone seemed a little puzzled, only Qiu's eyes trembled invisibly.

Li Xia curled his lips and said: "That little silver is not an important thing, I think, this lilac is just too greedy for money, and he still needs some silver in his hand before he dies."

Mama Du said: "Oh, in this way, this half of the hairpin was probably dropped by someone in the yard in the firewood room, and Lilac picked it up! Grandma, if this is not an important evidence, I will give it to the old slave." Well, this old slave will go ask during the day to see who dropped it, maybe the hairpin can be picked up again!"

Zhu's mother disagreed, and said: "Whether this thing is important or not, it is always in Ding Xiang's hands. Let's show it to my wife before we talk about it!"

Mama Du nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.She felt that this half of the hairpin must be weird, otherwise Lilac would not hang herself and still hold it in her hand.It turned out that she wanted to hold this thing by herself to see what was wrong, but it seemed better to wish her mother to take this thing to her wife.She was afraid that the half of the hairpin would be treated as unimportant and disposed of casually.

Qiu's face was half-lit and half-dark under the light of the torch, and she looked ugly, but she didn't say much after hearing Mama Zhu's words, she just said: "Mama Zhu, I see, this lilac is definitely hanged Suicide."

Zhu's mother nodded: "Ding Xiang has no signs of struggling, and no one has been in this house. It seems that she committed suicide. Don't worry, grandma, the old slave will report the truth to his wife."

As soon as Lixia heard Zhu's mother finished speaking, she pointed to Lilac's body on the ground and said, "Then what should she do?"

The grandma waved her hands in distaste, and said as she walked out: "It's not a pity to die for such a lowly servant girl, just be wrapped up and thrown out, there's no need to hurt your spirit."

Li Xia hurriedly followed and went out, not forgetting to tell: "Throw it away tomorrow morning, put it here so that the house won't be dirty."

Mrs. Cai quickly responded, "Yes, yes, please go slowly, grandma."

Mama Du left the woodshed, saw off the grandma, went back to the yard and asked a few maids, and then returned to the main room.

(End of this chapter)