As a medical concubine

Chapter 53 Don't Lick Me

"Your skirt is also red and white. It seems that you really like these two colors." Huazhu pointed to Mrs. Dong, "I wonder if Miss Liu also preferred this kind of combination?"

When Liu Zhaozhao was mentioned, Mrs. Dong's expression froze for a moment, and then she smiled bitterly, "Yes, Miss, she loves cold plums the most. She said that cold plums and snow are a fairyland on earth, so she likes red and white very much."

"Ms. Dong and Ms. Liu have such a good relationship." Huazhu sighed.

"My life was saved by Miss. Without Miss, there would be no me." Mrs. Dong took a sip of hot tea, "You guys are here today, what can I do for you?"

Huazhu put down her teacup and said solemnly: "To be honest, we found a charred corpse on Dongyi Street. The time of death was this month. Initially, we suspect that it is your master Liu Zhaozhao."

Mrs. Dong was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Then you must have made a mistake, my lady was buried six years ago, how could she have survived till now?"

Huazhu frowned suspiciously, "But we smelled musk, borneol, rushes and woody scents from her body. The burnt corpse smelled too strong, and we couldn't smell it unless it was used for a long time. And we checked According to your record, you did purchase these items."

Mrs. Dong sighed, "Yes, I bought it, but it was six years ago, and after I bought it, I put it in Miss's coffin, and then painted her with thick wax Miss loved beauty during her lifetime, and I knew she would not want her body to decay, so I asked for this folk remedy to keep her beautiful forever."

Huazhu has studied medicine for many years, but she didn't know this recipe. She looked at Liao Zicheng, and seeing that Liao Zicheng's handsome face was not surprised at all, she knew that he had already guessed the key point. No wonder he said, "Judging from the degree of corruption of internal organs, No more than three days, but there are many things that can affect the decay of the corpse, such as temperature, such as..." At that time, what he wanted to talk about should be the antiseptic medicinal materials or conditions.

Hua Zhu slowed down her tone: "How is Miss Liu's personality? Did she have any grudges with anyone before she was alive? In Langya." Excavating graves and burning corpses, this is no ordinary hatred.

Mrs. Dong's long eyelashes trembled, and the hand under the table slowly tightened her skirt, "Miss is very kind, has a good personality, and has no grudges with anyone."

Hua Zhu narrowed her eyes, "Tell me about your acquaintance experience with Miss Liu."

Madam Dong replied: "Seven years ago, Miss went to the palace to perform to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. On the way back to the south of the Yangtze River, I was insulted by a group of robbers. She rescued me. From then on, I followed her."

Huazhu asked again: "In the winter of the same year, you came to Langya to look for relatives, who are you looking for?"

Madam Dong lowered her head, "Miss didn't tell me."

"Was Miss Liu pregnant for more than three months before she died?"

Mrs. Dong shook her hand, and the tea spilled out.

"Whose is the child?"

Lady Dong lowered her eyes and tremblingly said, "I...I don't know..."

"Did she really die of illness?"

Mrs. Dong shook her head, "No. She...she drank the poison." Then, she got up and went to the inner room, took out a yellowed letter, and handed it to Hua Zhu, "This is her suicide note, She had a weak disease since she was a child, and she was not suitable for conception, but she refused to listen and tried her best to conceive, but..."

But she accidentally slipped a tire, and since then she has become disheartened and chose to commit suicide.After reading the suicide note, Hua Zhu had a new question in her heart, "Did her fetus fall completely at that time? We found the fetal corpse in her belly."

Mrs. Dong held back her tears and said, "I don't know about this. I was dizzy from blood. I called the midwife and passed out. When I woke up...Miss had committed suicide!"

"How long have you been out?"

"About...an hour."

Huazhu asked: "Who is the midwife?"

Mrs. Dong pressed her temples, her expression was very painful, "I don't remember."

"Does she have any other relatives?"

"should not."

Huazhu looked at Liao Zicheng, saw him nodding, and said to Mrs. Dong sternly: "According to the current situation, someone stole Miss Liu's body and then burned it. You really can't think of anyone who has anything to do with her." Enmity?"

Madam Dong's eyes began to dodge, not daring to meet Hua Zhu's eyes, "Unexpected."

Lying again!Huazhu sighed helplessly, "We need to open the coffin for the final confirmation. Please tell us where Miss Liu is buried."

Madam Dong's face gradually turned pale, "That place is very hidden, I haven't been there for so long that I can't remember the way. Give me time to think about it, and I will draw the map for you tomorrow."

Liao Zicheng's inquiring eyes fell on her face, "Miss Liu is one of the five daughters of Meizhuang. Did she tell you about Meizhuang before she was alive? Or, did she leave anything related to Meizhuang?"

Why are you asking me about Mei Zhuang again?Huazhu looked at Liao Zicheng suspiciously, and found that when he mentioned Meizhuang, there was a kind of solemnity in his expression that she couldn't understand.

Madam Dong sniffed, "No."

A dark light flashed across Liao Zicheng's eyes, "I want to see her room."

Mrs. Dong led the way, walked around the corridor, pushed open the third room on the right, and said, "I haven't touched her things much, except for the daily cleaning, everything is as it was before."

Different from the elegance of Mrs. Dong's room, this room is very ornately furnished. All the utensils and furniture have grand and complicated totems, and pictures of beauties are embroidered on the screen.Mrs. Dong explained: "It was drawn by the painter for the lady, and I embroidered it myself."

"It turns out that Mrs. Dong is from Xiangxi, Jiangnan, so beautiful." Hua Zhu praised.

Liao Zicheng's sharp eyes scanned every part of the room, and finally fixed on a slightly dark mahogany box, "You brought this from Jiangnan?"

Mrs. Dong was surprised, "Mr. Liao has good eyesight." Then she opened the box, "The lady of this box is locked tightly, and I am usually not allowed to see it. After she passed away, I put the key and suicide note together, so I have a chance to open it." .”

There were some Miao women's clothes inside, which seemed nothing special. Liao Zicheng troubled Mrs. Dong to take out the clothes, and then by the light, he found a place in the corner of the box, which was lighter in color than the surrounding ones.He touched it, "There should be a palm-sized round box here, where did it go?"

(End of this chapter)