The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 22 Su Muzhe (6)

"Originally there are two sons in the Su family, and Su Fu is the second son. If Murong marries him, Su Fu can join the Mu family and take over the Mu family business." The mayor saw my doubts and said, "But However, Qiu Tian'er chose to marry Murong to Su Mu. Su Mu is the eldest son, so it is absolutely impossible for him to marry into the Mu family. It is hard to say that there is no selfishness in Qiu Tian'er's mind, perhaps it is because she does not want to hand over the Mu family, so she does not care about it. Murong felt it and forced her to marry Su Mu."

"When the old lady Namu was here, she never thought about adopting a male in the family?"

"Back then, there was indeed news that the Mu family wanted to adopt a male, but not long after, Mrs. Mu passed away, so the matter was over." The mayor's face was solemn, "And Qiu Tian'er is strong and capable, In a few years, the entire Mu family was firmly in their hands, so others naturally dare not mention it again."

The mayor said quietly, "This is another reason why I suspect that Murong has something to do with Qiu Tian'er's death."

He suddenly said this sentence again, I was taken aback immediately, and hurriedly said: "The mayor suspects that the death of old lady Mu was related to Qiu Tian'er, and it is very likely that Murong knew about it?"

"If the Mu family really adopts a male, then she will be an abandoned child, and her fate will be tragic. However, the old lady Mu passed away at that juncture, which coincidentally allowed her to control the entire Mu family. There are too many doubts about the facts.”

This matter is indeed doubtful, but if so, Murong instigated Qiu Yehong to kill Qiu Tian'er to avenge his mother and take back Mu's family, then this matter has nothing to do with Su Mu, what's the use of the mayor asking for that letter?
I asked the doubts in my heart, and the mayor explained: "When Qiu Tian'er died, Su Mu and Su Fu went out to do business together and were not in the town. But when Su Mu came back, he had a quarrel with Murong. Murong In front of everyone in the Su family, he said: "I follow you in everything, but you come to ask me if I still think about Su Fu!" It was midnight, and the two quarreled in the room, which alarmed the entire Su family. Well, it was Mrs. Su who came forward and scolded Su Mu to calm the matter down. I only knew about it after hearing from a woman who worked as a servant in Su's house."

I suddenly realized that from Murong's words, it was easy to hear that what Murong did was from Su Mu's intention.A woman's heart is easy to accept fate.Although Murong liked Su Fu before getting married, it is normal for him to accept his fate after marriage and put his mind on her husband Su Mu.

"Sir, you may not know it. While Su Mu was away, Qiu Tian'er decided to adopt a male to the Mu family according to the old lady Mu's last wish. This may be the reason why she caused her death. Su Mu asked to marry Murong back then. , maybe he has the intention of engulfing the Mu family's property, otherwise, how could he know that Su Fu likes Murong, but he would come to ask for marriage?" The letter instigates Murong."

Whether the male is adopted by Mrs. Mu or Qiu Tian'er himself, the consequences are naturally very different.And once Qiu Tian'er really adopts the male, the Mu family's family business will naturally have nothing to do with Murong from then on.Back then, old lady Mu died at the important threshold of adoptive males, and now Qiu Tianer also died at this threshold, which made me and the mayor feel a little bit embarrassed.

"So you think it was Su Mu who wrote a letter outside and instructed Murong to murder Qiu Tian'er step by step?" I said, "The mayor may not know that Qiu Tian'er's death may have something to do with both Murong and Qiu Yehong. , I heard his conversation with Murong."

As I said that, I told him what I heard behind the screen of Mu's house, and also told him my guess. The mayor pondered and said, "That's right, Qiu Yehong seems to have some admiration for Murong, and Murong used him because of this. possible."

We all felt that this was probably the case, and we went back to the letter.I recall now that when I was fighting with Qiu Yehong, I was knocked out from behind. It was obvious that Qiu Yehong was not the one who knocked me out. Since this person is not the mayor, who could it be? Woolen cloth?

Also, since this person knocked me out, why did the letter not be taken away by him, but fell into Qiu Yehong's hands?

The mayor was also a little puzzled. We looked at each other for a long time, and then we shouted at the same time: "Qiu Yehong has accomplices!"

Just as he was talking, a villager came in to look for the mayor, saying that the manager of the Mu family had come, and asked the mayor to meet him.The mayor hurriedly said sorry to me, and went out to meet him, and when he came back, he looked at me with a strange expression on his face.

I felt a little guilty when he looked at me, and was about to ask a question, when the mayor said, "Tomorrow, the adoptive son of the Mu family will set up several banquets at home and invite prominent figures in the town to be witnesses. The steward of Mu's family just came over and invited me to a banquet tomorrow."

I hurriedly asked, "Did the Mu family force Murong to make this decision?"

"No." The mayor shook his head, "It was Murong's own idea."

"Then the adopted male was chosen by Murong?"

"It's the one Qiu Tian'er chose before."

We speculated just now that Qiu Tian'er was killed because she wanted to adopt a man, but now Murong actually wants to follow Qiu Tian'er's wishes and adopt the man she had chosen before her death to Mu's family.That being the case, why does Qiu Tian'er need to die?
Both the mayor and I fell silent, only thinking that this matter was too strange.I thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "Qiu Yehong went to remind Murong to be careful of Su Mu today, maybe it was because of this matter? Although Murong wanted Qiu Tian'er to die, he didn't want the Su family to annex the Mu family, so the two of them decided on this matter. There is a disagreement, so Su Mu also became murderous towards Murong?"

"That's right!" The mayor stretched out his hand and patted his thigh, "If this is the case, then it makes sense. If the Mu family is annexed by the Su family, it will surely perish. After all, Murong is from the Mu family, and he doesn't want to see such a thing happen. Also a possibility."

If this is the case, tomorrow is the day when the Mu family adopts the son, so Su Mu must do it today and tomorrow.Murong was originally at Mu's house to handle family affairs, but today old lady Su asked her to move back to Su's house on the grounds that Qiu Yehong could sneak into Mu's house...

The mayor and I glanced at each other and felt chills on our backs, but right now these are all our guesses, and we can't use this to convict Su Mu, so we were speechless for a while.After a long while, the mayor said: "How about this, I will take people to guard around the Su's house at night, and if there is any sign of trouble, I will rush into the Su's house. The Su's family is certainly a wealthy family, but if something happens, I will return to the Su's house." Under the jurisdiction of my mayor."

I nodded, now I can only plan ahead like this.After we finished eating, the mayor asked me what I was going to do, and I told him that I had to rush back to the hotel. I was afraid that someone would follow the sign to find me to write a letter from home. If I had nothing to do in the afternoon, I would probably stay in the hotel.

"Don't dare to delay sir's business." The mayor hurriedly sent me out of the town hall upon hearing this.I was about to thank him and say goodbye when I suddenly remembered something. After the bag was robbed in the morning, there were papers, pens, money and other things in the bag. This time I stayed in the hotel, and I could neither write a letter from home nor pay the rent.

Thinking of this, he immediately stood at the gate of the town office, sweating on his brow and unable to step out.Seeing that I suddenly looked different, the mayor hurriedly asked me what was wrong.I hesitated for a long time and told him about it.The mayor put his hand on his forehead, and said repeatedly: "I was negligent. The burden was robbed in the town, so the town will naturally have to explain to the gentleman."

As he said that, he went to withdraw some money and gave it to me, and asked me to buy paper and pens to deal with the situation in front of me, and there should be no delay in sending letters.As for the cost of board and lodging, he will go talk to the owner of the store and have the right to charge it to the account of the town office first. If the baggage is finally recovered, I will pay it myself. If the baggage is not recovered in the end, the town office will come. Knot.

I was very grateful when I heard the words. After I thanked you a thousand times, I left the town office and went to find a shop selling groceries in the town. I bought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and came out. The steward, accompanied by a few maids, came towards me with many things in their hands.

I walked past him face to face, hurriedly nodded to him, and learned that he came out to buy today, just for the purpose of setting up a floating banquet when the Mu family adopts the male son tomorrow.My heart was moved when I heard the words, and I hurriedly asked: "Tomorrow's adoption, is it at Su's house?"

"The Mu family's adoptive son, why is he in the Su family?" Manager Su smiled, "It's in the Mu family. It's just that the Mu family is not prosperous now, and our youngest wife is the aunt of the Mu family, so the young master told us to take care of him." Some help. This is sir?"

I hurriedly told about the bag being taken away, and said embarrassingly: "The city patrol horses are in the bag with all their belongings. Without it, it is really difficult to move an inch. The mayor saw that I was in distress and helped me with these papers and pens. I am ashamed .”

Steward Su was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Is all your belongings inside?"

I nodded and said with a wry smile: "Even when I met mountain bandits in the poor mountains and rivers, I never lost my burden. I don't want to lose it here, alas!"

"Whoever has no correspondence with you needs to bother you sir, if you want to snatch something that patrols the city, you will be stabbed in the back." Steward Su replied in a low voice, not as if he was talking to me, but as if he was talking to himself .

"That's not the case. There are no valuables in the luggage, but some personal items. I hope to find them back. Otherwise, the board and lodging for the next few days will be short of the town hall, which makes me feel uneasy." I answered him a few more times casually. In a few words, she said goodbye to him and went straight back to the hotel.

The mayor had already told me about me in person, and the owner of the store was very sad when he heard about my experience. What he said was similar to that of the manager of the Su family. This destination will never make me stranded in Yutian Town.

The journey of patrolling the city is full of hardships, if there are not always such enthusiastic people who solve problems along the way, they will never be able to persevere.As I was talking, someone came to me to write a letter. I hurriedly apologized to the shopkeeper, then turned around and went to write a letter.

(End of this chapter)