The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 35 Magpie Bridge Immortal (4)

"What's wrong?" Qiu'er asked cautiously when she saw that she was still crying just now, but she was so calm when she heard the news of Wei Zhiyan's death.

"Zhiyan doesn't have a deep friendship with Xiuhong, how could he suddenly have an affair with her?" Zhou Zhi'er said, "Besides, he is the most formal person on weekdays. I often laugh at him as a master of Taoism. How could he have an affair with others?" what happened?"

She said it categorically, and absolutely did not believe that Wei Zhiyan did something wrong to her. Although I was not the real Wei Zhiyan, I couldn't help but feel a little moved when I heard it outside the window.

After Zhou Zhi'er finished speaking, Qiu'er said: "However, Mr. Lang's family personally captured this matter. Besides, the young mistress of the Lang family did not deny it. If there was no such incident, she...how could she risk her own reputation and life? To frame the young master?"

"That's why I said this is wrong," Zhou Zhi'er said calmly, "Do you still remember that when the Wei family first moved here, because Zhiyan and I had no children after marriage, my father once suggested that Zhiyan accept you and replace Wei? The house spreads incense, but is rejected by Zhiyan."

Qiu'er seemed a little uncomfortable when she heard this, she hesitated for a while before saying: "I'm just a maidservant, and I'm not good-looking, it's only right that the Eldest Young Master despises me."

"This matter was supposed to be put on the agenda, but Zhiyan categorically rejected it. We didn't let it go until we had a book revision. If that's the case, why did he bother with Xiuhong, a widow? Besides, I just gave birth not long ago. It's only been a full moon since the book repair, how could he do such a thing?"

What Zhou Zhier said sounded plausible, and I listened to it outside the window and felt that it made sense. I have only met this maid named Qiuer twice, and I think she has a beautiful appearance.Wei Zhiyan refused to include her in the room, on the one hand, probably because she is not attractive, and on the other hand, it is also because of the deep affection with Zhou Zhier and his wife.That being the case, how could he provoke a married woman when his wife had just given birth?
"After hearing these words, do you also feel that your death is a bit unjust?" Bu Ying glanced at me outside the window, "In this case, let's take a look, why did you die for no reason?"

"Ah?" I was taken aback for a moment, and it took me a while to realize that I was "Wei Zhiyan". It turned out that Bu Ying brought me here to let me see what would happen next.

Judging from Zhou Zhier's tone, she firmly does not believe that Wei Zhiyan would do such a thing, so she should investigate the truth of Wei Zhiyan's death next.According to Zhou Zhi'er's statement, this Wei Zhiyan really died for no reason.First of all, why did he appear on Lang Jiaxiuhong's bed?Secondly, why did Xiuhong sacrifice her reputation and risk her life to frame him?
"No, I must ask this matter clearly, and I can't let Zhiyan's death be unclear! Let's go, Qiu'er, come with me to find my father." Zhou Zhi'er said in the room, and then heard her dressing inside the sound of.Not long after, she walked out of the room accompanied by Qiu'er, and walked towards the hall.

I watched her walk in front of me, but also turned a blind eye to me, and couldn't help but follow her.And not long after I moved my feet, there was a slight sound of footsteps at the corner of the wall. It seemed that there was another person hiding behind the wall. I was startled and said to Bu Ying, "There are people over there."

"There's no one there." Just as I stopped, Zhou Zhi'er had gone far away, Bu Ying hurriedly pulled me a few steps, and said, "You are a ghost yourself, so don't be suspicious, okay?"

I glanced over there suspiciously, and followed Bu Ying to the front of the Wei family hall. Before I entered, I heard Wei Rutao throwing a tantrum inside and sternly asking who took the things away. It seemed that something was missing. Seeing Zhou Zhi'er walk in, he hurriedly said, "Why don't you lie down on the bed more, what are you doing here?"

"Father, what are you missing?" Zhou Zhi'er asked him.

Wei Rutao moved his lips, as if he didn't want to tell her about it, but under Zhou Zhier's eyes, he still said: "That sign is gone."

"The one that Zhiyan wears? You...you left that sign?" When Wei Rutao took the sign from my neck, she was fainted, so she didn't know about it. The relic was left behind, and he hurriedly followed up and asked.

"That's right." Wei Rutao looked anxious, and I was a little surprised. I wondered if this brand was more important than Wei Zhiyan, otherwise why would Wei Zhiyan rush to ask about this dark brand just after he died.Also, what I still don't understand is that this brand was obviously given to me by Ruan Lang when I was in Luolian Town, but why did it become Wei's property?

"You don't understand why this brand became the property of the Wei family?" Bu Ying seemed to see through my thoughts again, and I couldn't help but wonder if he had any collusion with the roundworm in my stomach.Bu Ying didn't wait for me to speak, and said, "Think about it, it's the fifth year of the Republic of China, the Wei family's sign is gone, and you got this sign in the 25th year of the Republic of China..."

I suddenly understood, and at the same time suddenly realized: "You mean, this brand disappeared in the five years of the Republic of China, and after 20 years of twists and turns, it came to my hands. The reason why I have this inexplicable experience is also because This brand? But, why does the Wei family have an eldest grandson with the same name as mine, this... is this too coincidental?"

"Let's just think it's a coincidence." Bu Ying said casually.

"Then... there won't be Wei Zhiyan's wronged soul on this brand, right? I was wearing it, and I happened to pass by Songxia Town again, so it took me back to that scene?" What's the matter, I've been thrown into the pond for no apparent reason, and I'm wronged!"

Bu Ying wiped the saliva I sprayed on his face, and said impatiently: "I told you earlier, I had a good dream, I had a good dream, don't you understand that this is in a dream?"

I remembered that he did say this before I fainted, and it turned out that all this was a dream, and suddenly I felt relieved, and a thought came up again-should I smash his nose and turn this dream into a good one? ?

At this time, Zhou Zhier asked Wei Rutao, and learned that he left the signboard in the hall casually that night, and later forgot to take it away because of lack of energy, and when he came to look for it again, the signboard disappeared.This brand is only the size of a single finger, if it is really taken away by someone, it can be hidden anywhere and there is no place to search it.

Wei Rutao and Zhou Zhi'er kept saying that this brand was not worth much, but it was a heirloom of the Wei family, so there was no room for loss.If anyone sees it, he only needs to hand it over, not only will he not be punished, but he will also be rewarded.If anyone hides deliberately, once discovered, they will be expelled from the Wei family immediately, and they will have to report to the town hall, and they will be charged with embezzlement of the owner's property.

After spending a lot of saliva, the whole Wei family was threatened and threatened, and they were all silent, but no one admitted to taking the sign. Wei Rutao was helpless, thinking that maybe he was in a trance at the time, and it might not be necessary to put it elsewhere. I let it go for the time being, and asked Zhou Zhier what she was doing here.

Zhou Zhi'er expressed her doubts in her heart, she never believed that Wei Zhiyan would have an affair with Xiuhong, there must be something wrong with this matter.Wei Rutao was already a little hunched over by the pain of losing his son, and now he said in a low voice: "I don't believe he would do such a thing, but the Lang family caught the rape in bed, and the young mistress of the Lang family didn't deny a word, what's the matter?" Is there any more room to say?"

"That's why I think this is weird," Zhou Zhi'er said persistently, "Even if you know that you want to have an affair with Xiuhong, it's not good, why did you go to the Lang's house? Xiuhong is a widow, and the Lang family keeps their eyes on her. Look at her, even if Zhiyan really has such a heart, why would he put himself under the knife? Even if I believe he is bad, I will never believe him to be stupid!"

Wei Rutao was a little moved by what she said, thought it over, and said, "Then what do you think is unknown about this matter?"

"First of all, we need to find out why Zhiyan went to Lang's house. Wasn't he in the Meng Pavilion yesterday? Who went to the Meng Pavilion yesterday, did you see the young master go out?" Zhou Zhi'er looked around at the servants in the hall. , asked.

"Go back to Young Mistress, I've been there." A servant replied hesitantly.

"Oh, Uncle Zhou, did you ever see the young master go out? Did he go out by himself, or did someone kidnap him?" Zhou Zhi'er hurriedly asked.

The servant named Uncle Zhou hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to speak but dared not.Seeing this, Zhou Zhi'er quickly slowed down her tone, and said softly, "Just say what you see, there is no need to worry about anything."

Wei Rutao also said kindly: "That's right, just tell the truth about anything."

Uncle Zhou still hesitated when he heard the words, and after a long while he mustered up his courage and said, "Young Master, I went to Lang's house by myself."

Zhou Zhi'er and Wei Rutao were taken aback when they heard the words. Wei Rutao saw that Zhou Zhier's chest was heaving violently, and his expression was a little bit wrong, so he didn't wait for her to speak, and asked first, "How do you know that he went to the Lang's house by yourself?"

Uncle Zhou shrank his head, seeing that Wei Rutao and Zhou Zhi'er didn't open their mouths to scold him, so he dared to tell what happened yesterday.It turned out that the roof of the Mongolian hall where Wei Zhiyan taught was leaking. Just a few days ago, a mason from a foreign country passed by here.

When Wei Zhiyan saw him visiting the Mongolian Pavilion, he asked him who he was, and after learning that he was a mason, he invited him to repair the roof yesterday, and he supervised him in the Mongolian Pavilion, and Zhou Bo was there to help.

Because the moonlight was very good last night, Wei Zhiyan asked the craftsmen to work harder and mend the roof during the night, so as not to spend another day.There are two side-by-side rooms in the Mongolian Pavilion. One of the big rooms is used as a teaching place, and the other small room is the place where Wei Zhiyan rests and corrects the work of Mongolian children.

At that time, the craftsman was laying tiles on the roof, and Zhou Bo stood on the long ladder to help him, while Wei Zhiyan was reading a book in the hut, and was going to go home after the craftsman patched the roof.The craftsman did his work meticulously, so it was late at night, and Uncle Zhou was helping him to deliver the tiles. At this time, Wei Zhiyan suddenly walked out of the hut, came down the long ladder, and said that he was going to the Lang's house to let Zhou Uncle helped the craftsmen to finish the work before going back.

"Not only I heard this, but also the bricklayer on the roof." Zhou Bo was afraid that Wei Rutao and Zhou Zhi'er would not believe it, so he hurriedly said, "If the master and young mistress don't believe it, you can ask the craftsman to ask them."

I heard Zhou Zhi'er swear that Wei Zhiyan would never have an affair with anyone before, and I really believed it in my heart. I just thought there was something strange in it. Now I heard Zhou Zhier say that Wei Zhiyan went to the Lang's house by himself, and I was suddenly surprised. First, what is there to question about the affair?
Everyone in the hall probably has the same thoughts as me. They have already decided that the affair is a certainty, but they dare not show any expressions on their faces.Wei Rutao also let out a long sigh, and said to Zhou Zhi'er: "It seems that there is no doubt about this matter. If he is wrong, he is wrong. There is no need to make any excuses for him. You should raise Xiushu and don't let him follow in his father's footsteps. That’s enough to stand him.”

I thought that Zhou Zhi'er should have nothing to say at this moment, but who knew that after hearing what Uncle Zhou said, her eyes lit up. When I saw her like this, I suddenly thought of one thing—the affair is natural The more secretive the better, if Wei Zhiyan really wanted to go to Lang's family to talk to Xiuhong privately, how could he deliberately tell Uncle Zhou about it?
Therefore, what he said to Uncle Zhou seemed to confirm the affair, but it was actually the biggest flaw in the whole matter!

(End of this chapter)