The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 21 Su Muzhe (5)

Qiu Yehong heard the sound, and hurriedly ran from the hall to behind the screen, unexpectedly bumping into me.The two of us immediately looked at each other in dismay. At this moment, Qiu Yehong came back to his senses and rushed past me with a stride.He was familiar with the Mu family, and after flashing past the screen, he rushed out through a side door and hid in the back hall, not knowing where he was going.

I stayed alone behind the screen, and I couldn't go into the back hall with him. I was anxious for a while, I didn't know how to explain to the Mu family what I was hiding behind the screen, so I had to use my wits, rolled my eyes, and lay down straight on the spot Down, eyes closed.

Immediately someone chased me in front of the screen, and when they saw me lying behind the screen, they all screamed, and someone came up in a hurry to move my body, and carried me into the hall, pinching me again and again. pat on the cheek.I was going to let him pinch for a while and then pretend to wake up slowly.Unfortunately, the man's nails were so long that I almost cried out in pain, so I opened my eyes and groaned, pretending to have a splitting headache.

When the man saw that I was awake, he really thought that he was rejuvenated, and he shouted in relief: "Mister is awake, sir is awake!" It was the steward of the Mu family.

I opened my eyes and stared at his long, black nails for a long time. I thought it was a blessing not to be strangled to death by him. I endured the pain and thanked him. , Su Mu is also in the hall, and there is an old woman about fifty years old, probably the old lady Su.

Seeing that I was awake, everyone scolded Qiu Yehong for knocking me unconscious and dragging me behind the screen.I have never done such a thing of framing and framing. I blushed for a while, coughed lightly, stood up and greeted them, and talked about being attacked by Qiu Yehong on the way here. Murong's letter was also in the package that he took away, so it couldn't be delivered to Murong, and he solemnly apologized to her.

Murong hurriedly said: "It's lucky that sir is fine. As for the letter, since my husband has already arrived home, it doesn't matter if you read it or not."

Hearing this, I quickly thanked her, and took the opportunity to look at her, only to see that she was wearing a plain gown, without makeup, but she was naturally beautiful, with charming eyes and eyebrows, enough to challenge the customs of the world.I thought of my speculation about her, and sighed in my heart, such a woman would actually participate in those things, it can be seen that the appearance is misleading, and one cannot be trusted.

Su Mu knew that Qiu Yehong came to find Murong, and asked, "What did he do to you?" His words were very concerned.

Murong gave him a strange look, shook his head and said, "We grew up together, he wouldn't do anything to me."

"That's not necessarily the case. Your sister-in-law brought him up since she was a child, and she was also murdered." The old lady Su said kindly, "People with ulterior motives, this kind of weird person, just stay away from him."

Although the old lady Su is not young, she is still graceful and graceful. She must have been a beauty when she was young, and her speech is very gentle, not as fierce as I imagined.She said, and said quietly: "Qiu Yehong is very familiar with this house, and she doesn't know when she sneaked in. In my opinion, you should all go back to Su's house, and leave a steward to take care of Mu's house. If the young mistress is worried, it would be better if you ask more politely."

Both Su Mu and Murong responded, and the old lady Su looked sad, and said: "Since the matters of the Mu family are now under the control of the young lady, I think the young master will also take care of the affairs of the Su family. My old lady As soon as you are old, you will always have to do things in the future, so it is better to leave it to you as soon as possible, so that I can be lazy."

She wants to hand over the Su family to Su Mu, and it seems that she is not the kind of person who clings to power.Hearing this, Su Mu hurriedly said, "Of course, mother is in charge of family affairs, so I just follow suit."

The old lady Su shook her head: "The eldest young mistress has started to take care of the affairs of Mu's family. If you are still idle all day long, people will laugh at you. That's the deal. I will hand over the account books and keys to you when I go back."

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Su Mu responded, "Yes." However, she didn't seem overly happy.

There was no emotion on the old lady Su's face, and I wondered in my heart, could it be that she also saw that Qiu Yehong's sneaking into Su's house last night might have something to do with Su Mu and Murong, so she took the initiative to hand over everything in her hands ?If this is the case, how will she digest the sadness in her heart at this moment?
I have mixed feelings in my heart, but which flower blooms in the backyard of a rich family is not the essence of sorrow?I sighed secretly in my heart, and I didn't want to get involved in such a matter, so I said my goodbyes.Su Mu and Murong sent me out together. I took a sneak peek at Su Mu, feeling a little strange in my heart. He had been thinking about the letter all along, but when he found out that the letter was snatched by Qiu Yehong, his face was very peaceful. There was no rush at all.

After I left Mu's house, I went to the town office to ask the mayor for help in recovering the baggage.Although Murong didn't care about that letter, there was something very important like me in the baggage, which must be taken back from Qiu Yehong as soon as possible.Su Mu pointed me in the direction of the town office, and asked me to go through the small forest in the middle of the town again and return the same way.

When I walked to the place where Qiu Yehong knocked me out, the grass on the ground was still messy, and the Town God's Temple next to it was dilapidated, a little far from the intersection, and was hidden in the shade of the trees.I walked by the side of the road, and suddenly thought that Qiu Yehong hid from the whole town, but appeared here during the day. Could it be that he lives in this Town God's Temple at night?
Thinking of this, he walked away from the right path and walked into the temple.The temple is very small, with only one clay statue of the City God, which was moved to the entrance of the temple by someone, as if they wanted to go out to solicit incense, but it was in vain.I walked into the temple, looked around, and soon determined that the incense had been cut off in the temple, and there was no sign of anyone staying overnight, so I cleaned the spider silk in the temple with my hands, and then walked towards the town. The office is gone.

When I arrived at the town office, Xiangyong, the guard at the gate, informed the mayor of the town for me. When the mayor learned of my visit, he hurriedly welcomed me into the town hall, and ordered Xiangyong to go to the town to buy some delicious dishes. I dine at the town hall.I couldn't refuse my kindness, and it was almost lunch time, so I followed him.

We drank a few glasses of wine at the banquet, and I talked about the bag being robbed, please ask the mayor to help me pay attention, because there are not only Su Mu's letter to Murong in the bag, but also my own things, which are very important I am very important and must not be lost.

The mayor became curious and said with a smile, "Could it be that Mr.'s personal belongings are all in the bag?"

I shook my head and replied: "It's not something valuable, it's useless for others to take it, it's just of great significance to me."

The mayor said "Oh" and didn't ask any further questions. He just graciously advised me to drink and eat food, and poured wine for me frequently. "People in this town get married and get married. Many people should be related to each other, right?"

"Sir," the mayor said with a chopstick of pig's ears, and slowly chewed them in his mouth, "Yutian has been in the town for hundreds of years. Although there are many surnames, there is no surname in the body between marriages." The blood of another surname is mixed. It has been hundreds of years, the world has changed, and the sea has changed!"

I nodded, "So the mayor, is there any relationship with the Su family?"

The mayor was startled when he heard the words, "The Su family is a big family for a hundred years. I, the mayor, are not in their eyes, and I can't afford to be high. I can't be high." He said, shaking his head again and again, putting down the chopsticks in his hand, and smiling Said, "Why did you suddenly ask about this, sir?"

Although I didn't want to tell him off, but the things in the bag were too important to me, so I had to hesitate and say: "Since the mayor and the Su family are not related, I want that letter." what to do?"

As he said that, without waiting for his answer, he hurriedly said again: "I told Murong that she didn't pursue the matter of my losing the letter, so the mayor of the letter can take it if he wants it. As for the baggage, please let me know." Give it back. The patrol horse does not cause trouble, the mayor returned the burden to me, and I will leave Yutian Town without saying anything."

The mayor said in surprise: "Why would you think that I took the burden, and wasn't Qiu Yehong the one who took your burden?"

I sighed: "The burden is not on Qiu Yehong, it was the mayor who knocked me out behind my back and took away my burden. Since the burden is with the mayor, please return it so that I can go on the road to deliver the letter. "

After finishing speaking, seeing that he still didn't know why, he had no choice but to break the point, "The Temple of the City God has already cut off the incense. I don't know where the mayor's incense on the first and fifteenth day of every month goes?"

At that time, the mayor told me that he would appear in the forest because he happened to meet me when he was going to go to the Temple of the City God to offer incense on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, but there was no sign of incense burning in the Temple of the City God. There, I thought about it, and there was only one reason, that is, he took the burden away for the letter in the burden.

This can also explain why he didn't care much about catching Qiu Yehong, but followed me back to the hotel last night, presumably because he wanted to find a chance to get the letter from me, even if he couldn't get the letter, after getting acquainted with me , the chances of getting the letter will also increase.

The mayor was startled, and then smiled wryly, "I said it casually at the time, but I didn't expect Mr. to actually go to the temple to check."

Seeing that he admitted it, I hurriedly said: "I don't want to ask the mayor what is the relationship with the Su family, I just want to get back the burden."

"Mr. misunderstood. There is another land god behind the Chenghuang Temple, and there is no incense burner in the temple, so when I go to offer incense, I always put the incense behind the temple. If you don't believe me, you can go to the back of the temple to see Look."

I was startled when I heard the words, it turned out that there was such a reason, but I was abrupt.I blushed, and hurriedly raised my glass to apologize to him. The mayor was not surprised, and after having a drink with me, he said: "To be honest, if the letter is still here, sir, I really want to see it." .”

"The mayor wants to find out who is the real murderer of her." I rubbed my face with my hands, pretending that my face was red from rubbing myself, and then coughed lightly, "You also suspect that Murong is the murderer behind the scenes. And that letter may contain evidence of Su Mu's conspiracy with Murong, that's why you want that letter?"

"To tell you the truth, Qiu Tian'er's family background is mediocre, and she couldn't marry into the Mu family. So when the old lady and the young master of the Mu family were around, they didn't think much of her."

"Since the family is wrong, why did the young master of the Mu family marry her?"

"The young master of the Mu family has a bad disease. Who is willing to marry his daughter from a well-matched family? So the old lady of the Mu family had no choice but to marry Qiu Tian'er from a small family for him. I gave birth to a son and grandson to the Mu family, but the young master of the Mu family, Fu Bo, passed away within a year of getting married."

It stands to reason that if a rich family has no son and has a daughter, they will usually choose to recruit a son, or choose a son from the relatives to adopt, why didn't the old lady Mu not think of this?I have some doubts in my heart.

(End of this chapter)