I can't afford to mess with the concubine doctor

Chapter 100 Searching the Jinxiu Pavilion

"Master, do you want to enter the palace immediately?" Yun Yi rinsed her mouth after serving Qu Lingxu, and then brought the bird's nest that had been stewed in front of her.

"Miss Ben was assassinated and hijacked along the way. She finally returned to Beijing, but lost her mother. She was too sad to wake up later. I think the emperor won't mind." , Leng Yuanxun will deal with it properly. She, the sufferer, just needs to show up at the right time, present the evidence of Chen's murder in front of the emperor, and cry hard.

"Miss is right." Yun Yi nodded, and continued: "Because of Miss's order yesterday, the servants went to the front yard early in the morning to pick out a few guards with good water quality. It may be bought by the Xu family, you see, when will you go into the water to find it?"

"It's not too late, let's go now!" Qu Lingxu put down the half-drunk bird's nest in his hand, got up and said, "There is nothing left and right, let's go and have a look, so as not to cause any trouble."

In this way, a group of people left the Jianjia courtyard and walked towards the back garden. The back garden, where people come and go on weekdays, became much deserted due to Mrs. Chen's accidental drowning, especially by the artificial lake. There are none, only a few residual lotuses that have bloomed and failed in summer are still floating on the water, which is even more desolate.

His eyes were sour, and he was about to cry again. Qu Lingxu looked up at the sky, forcefully forced the warm tears back into his eyes, and said to Nanny Cui who came with him, "Mommy, where did mother fall into the water at that time?" ?”

Since Mrs. Chen drowned, Nanny Cui was sad day and night, she lost a lot of weight, her round face sank, and her eyes were so red and swollen that she almost couldn't open them.Hearing Qu Lingxu's words, she tried her best to walk to the bridge corridor with staggering steps, knelt down on her knees, and said with a sob: "Where Madam fell into the water, I don't know, but she was here The rescued one was dripping with water and motionless..."

Qu Lingxu took a look at Yun Xin, Yun Xin understood immediately, and helped Nanny Cui go back to her room to rest, while Yun Yi directed a few guards to go into the water to search, the area of ​​the artificial lake is not too big, plus After clearing the direction, within a quarter of an hour, a guard dived out of the water, handed a piece of dark purple cloth the size of a palm to Qu Lingxu, and said respectfully, "Miss, is this cloth?"

Qu Lingxu was about to bend down to take it, when another guard dived out of the water, holding a small piece of cloth in his hand, it was a piece of dark yellow coarse cloth, obviously torn from the clothes of the servants in the mansion, Judging from the degree of soaking, the two pieces of cloth should have fallen into the water at about the same time, so... Qu Lingxu boldly speculated that the Xu family had arranged people in the water early in order to kill the Chen family, and This piece of cloth was torn from the opponent's clothes during the struggle.

Thinking of this, Qu Lingxu bent down and took the piece of cloth from the guard's hand. It was a very small piece of cloth, which seemed to be torn from the skirt of his clothes. It was only as thick as two little fingers and was not very conspicuous. It is very likely that people will not realize that the person who can be instructed by Xu to do such a dangerous thing must be her confidant, so...

While thinking about it, Qu Lingxu had already made up her mind, and ordered lightly: "Chuan Miss Ben's order, immediately block the Jinxiu Pavilion, and no one can enter or enter." At this sentence, Yun Yi was obviously surprised, but still nodded solemnly, and left quickly.

The hidden guards sent by the Xu Clan did not return all night, their hearts were already hanging in the air, and they were not in the mood for breakfast, but now they heard that a group of government soldiers came outside to surround the Jinxiu Pavilion, how could they sit still? Immediately, he slapped the table and said angrily: "Presumptuous! Who gave them such guts!"

"Second Aunt, why should you get angry, it's not good for your body if you get angry."

Qu Lingxu couldn't hear any happy or angry voices, and it was like a barb piercing into Xu's ear, which made her startled and her face became even uglier, "Miss, dare I ask what mistake I made?" , I would like to trouble you to mobilize all the people to ask the crime early in the morning?"

"Second aunt is serious. You have always abided by etiquette. You are gentle, diligent and thrifty. You are a model for all concubines. How could you make any mistakes?"

Qu Lingxu sat down at the dining table unceremoniously, and after picking up a crystal shrimp dumpling to eat, he said unhurriedly: "Although the second aunt is strict with herself, but you have many illnesses these days, it is inevitable that there is nothing extra How can I ensure that no accidents will happen to the servants in the courtyard? The reason why this lady brought the soldiers here is because she is afraid that the subordinates will be insignificant and offend my aunt, so...for my aunt herself Your innocence, please do me a favor."

Although Qu Lingxu said it politely, anyone could see that it was no small matter for her to come here in such a big way. Although Xu didn't know that Qu Lingxu fished out two pieces of cloth from the artificial lake, she heard With these words, there was an ominous premonition in her heart, and she clenched her hands hidden in her sleeves tightly, and said with a frown: "What do you mean by Miss?"

Now that things have happened, Qu Lingxu doesn't need to play Tai Chi with Mrs. Xu, so he just said indifferently: "Second Aunt doesn't know something. This lady fished out an important physical evidence from the artificial lake early in the morning. This thing may be able to reveal the truth. The real reason for the mother's drowning, so...every servant in the general's mansion is suspected, and needs to be investigated one by one."

Hearing the word 'material evidence', Xu's scalp felt numb for a while, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved a lot, and then sneered: "Is the eldest lady so sad and confused? Madam did drown to death. As early as three days ago, the Imperial Physician and Wu Zuo had inspected it, could there be something wrong?"

"It's true that my mother died by drowning, but there are many kinds of drowning. If you don't investigate clearly, how can you tell that there is no hidden secret?" So saying, Qu Lingxu took out the wet cloth strip from her sleeve, and said calmly : "Fortunately, my mother has a spirit in the sky, let this lady find this, now as long as you find the owner of this piece of fabric, the truth will come to light if you think about it."

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If Mrs. Xu thought that Qu Lingxu was playing tricks just now, but at this moment, she felt chills down her spine and couldn't help but gasp. She knew the events of that day very well. She thought Qu Lingxu He would be killed on the way to Jiangling, and even if he couldn't be killed, it would take at least half a month before he could return to Beijing. Even if there was even a trace of suspicion left, it would have disappeared long ago. Who would have imagined that such a person would be left behind? Deadly handle!

This incident happened so suddenly that no matter how good Xu's acting skills were, he couldn't completely cover it up. Qu Lingxu saw the flash of fear in the depths of the other party's eyes, and said with a half-smile: "Two What is Auntie thinking, could it be that you recognize this piece of cloth?"

Qu Lingxu's words pulled Xu back from the mess of thoughts to reality. She glanced at Qu Lingxu with a half-smile, and said lightly: "This coarse linen clothes look like the clothes of servants. How is this concubine?" Can you recognize it, or is it because the eldest lady has long believed that it was the concubine who killed the madam, so she did it on purpose?"

"My aunt has a deep relationship with my mother and sister. I don't dare to recognize my aunt no matter who I identify." Qu Lingxu looked at Xu's indifferently, and said word by word: "Because of my aunt's open-mindedness, this Jinxiu Pavilion is even more beautiful." It should be the first place to investigate, otherwise, if there is a villain who chews his tongue and speculates behind his back, it will damage the reputation of my aunt, don't you think so?"

Qu Lingxu's pressing words made Xu's heart even more flustered. Now, no matter how stupid she is, she knows that the other party has come prepared and will definitely find out the person who was hiding under the water that day. However, her status is low Even if she didn't want Qu Lingxu to search her anymore, she didn't dare to disobey her order head-on, so she quietly gave Yumao a wink and asked her to invite Concubine Xu's maid who stayed in the mansion to come over.

Nanny Yu has been by Xu's side for many years, and she immediately understood what the master meant. She took two steps back silently, and was about to leave the main hall, but Qu Lingxu, who had been eating snacks, said first: "Send the order Go down and immediately search the rooms of all the servants, carefully inspect every piece of clothing, if there is any damage, immediately send the person and the clothes to the main hall."

Can't search!
Although Mrs. Xu was not sure that the torn clothes were still in the possession of her servant, but in the past few days, the servant had never mentioned this matter, so she must have never noticed it.
"Miss!" Xu didn't have time to think about anything else. She only knew that if something happened to her, all the hard work she had done would not only be in vain, but also cost her life and family. Hold Qu Lingxu's footsteps, and wait for the female officer in the palace to come, everything will turn around.

"Second Aunt has something to say, so why are you so excited?" Qu Lingxu put down his chopsticks, took a sip of the rose dew in his hand, and asked back as if puzzled.

"Miss, excuse me for saying something very disrespectful. This Jinxiu Pavilion is a residence given to me by the master. It has been taken care of by me for more than 20 years. With only a piece of cloth of unknown origin, you can It seems unreasonable to search the Jinxiu Pavilion aggressively." Xu judged from Qu Lingxu's words and deeds that the other party did not intend to directly tear himself apart, so he made such a statement.

Hearing what Mrs. Xu said, Qu Lingxu was not annoyed at all, but smiled slightly and said, "My aunt's words are strange. Before my father left for the expedition, I entrusted my lady with all the affairs of the mansion. Since Jinxiu Pavilion belongs to the general's mansion, One part, of course, is no exception, if there is any doubt, it should be searched." After finishing speaking, he raised his voice and said, "Go immediately."

"Wait!" Xu's voice couldn't help raising a decibel, and he took a few steps forward, blocking the door, and said coldly: "Miss, this is my concubine's yard, even if you want to search, It should also be done by the concubine's own servants, without laboring with the government soldiers."

(End of this chapter)