The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 43 Magpie Bridge Immortal (12)

Shopkeeper Ruan explained why he followed Zhou Zhier, and then went on to say that he originally thought that following Zhou Zhier would lead him all the way to Wei's house, but Zhou Zhier didn't go to Wei's house after all the twists and turns.After the two walked to a remote place one after the other, Zhou Zhi'er made a turn and walked behind a wall.

He wanted to follow Zhou Zhi'er to see where Zhou Zhi'er was going, but at this moment there was a voice behind the wall, it turned out that someone was waiting for Zhou Zhi'er behind the wall.He suddenly trembled and stopped in fright.But although he didn't go to see who was behind the wall, he hid behind the wall and heard their conversation.

Wei Rutao's face was serious when he heard that, Uncle Zhou didn't wait for him to say anything, he stepped forward and asked: "What did the young mistress say to that person behind the wall?"

"Young Mistress said to the man: 'I've arranged everything, it's up to Ye'er to do it, I hope everything will be over by tomorrow night.'"

The "tomorrow night" in this sentence is the night when Wei Zhiyan's accident happened.It sounded like Zhou Zhi'er had been instructed by someone to collude with Ye'er to arrange things for that night.And that note was exactly what Ye'er put on Qiu'er's bed!
Wei Rutao shook his body, Ruan shopkeeper observed his complexion, and said courteously: "Master Wei, are you okay?"

"And what else did they say?" Wei Rutao asked hoarsely with exhaustion in his voice.

"Later, the young lady continued, 'What will happen, I'll let you know when it gets dark tomorrow.'" Ruan shopkeeper said, "The man said hello, and the two of them stopped talking and left separately. .”

He thought for a while, and then added, "Although the man only said hello, I can tell that the man is a man, because his voice is a little old, and he seems to be older."

A wry smile appeared on Wei Rutao's face, filled with indescribable sadness, he nodded slowly, and said to Zhou Bo: "Go, please come to the hall, young mistress."

Uncle Zhou hurriedly bowed in response, turned around and entered the backyard.Wei Rutao said to Shopkeeper Ruan and Qiu'er again, "You guys also come to the hall."

As he said that, he turned around and walked towards the hall, but his footsteps suddenly slowed down, as if he had aged at a speed visible to the naked eye in an instant.The patrolling horse went over to support him, then looked back at Shopkeeper Ruan, frowned and said, "Don't worry, maybe it's not the case."

Wei Rutao patted his hand, and said softly: "The Wei family has a scandal, and you are laughing at it."

The patrolling horse shook his head, and when the group arrived in the hall, the patrolling horse supported Wei Rutao and sat down on the chair, while the rest stood and waited for Zhou Zhier to come out.Not long after, Zhou Zhi'er came, with Ye'er by his side. When Uncle Zhou came over, he told Wei Rutao, "Master, it turns out that Ye'er has been staying with the young mistress in the young mistress's room, and has never left the house."

Zhou Zhi'er seemed to be familiar with the patrol horse, seeing him present, she even greeted him: "You're here."

The patrolling horse bowed to her, and replied curtly: "Yes." But he didn't tell her about her mother's critical illness.

Zhou Zhi'er has been calm since she came back from Lang's house. I felt something was wrong when I swept away the excitement when I wanted to thoroughly investigate Wei Zhiyan's matter. I always felt that her behavior was too abnormal, but I didn't know why she behaved like this.

Wei Rutao didn't look at Zhou Zhi'er either, but asked indifferently: "The night Zhiyan had an accident, you went out at night, met someone, and still refused to tell?"

"This matter has nothing to do with Zhiyan. I promised others not to tell it." Zhou Zhi'er also replied lightly.

"A few days ago, you went out to meet a person one after another, and you once told him that you have arranged everything, and it depends on what Ye Er does. Is there such a thing?"

A flustered look suddenly appeared on Ye'er's face, and she subconsciously took a step back, as if she had the urge to run away.Zhou Zhi'er was startled when she heard the words, and said, "Father, how do you know about this?"

"Back to young mistress, I happened to be nearby at that time, and I overheard your conversation with that person." Shopkeeper Ruan said respectfully, with a pleasing expression on his face.

Seeing him appearing here again, Zhou Zhi'er didn't know that he was not a mason, but a shopkeeper who came after Qiu'er, but she neither asked anything nor denied it, but said indifferently: "That's right, I did it a few days ago. They all went out to meet someone, but I can’t tell you who this person is.”

"Even if it makes people think that you arranged for Zhiyan's death behind your back, wouldn't you say it?" Wei Rutao couldn't hide the disappointment in his words, and his tone suddenly turned cold.

"You still think I killed Zhiyan." Zhou Zhi'er said in a daze, "It's because my father disagreed with you on some matters, and he died because of it. So, you think I will kill you for this." Kill your own husband?"

"I was the one who decided back then that when the current situation was unclear, I asked everyone to withdraw from interfering in the current situation, and I wanted to wait until the situation became clear before making a decision." Wei Rutao said slowly, "Many people are dissatisfied with this, and your father is the most Oppose. Now that he is gone, maybe you want us to return to the current situation according to his last wish and influence the current situation?"

This is not the first time Wei Rutao has said such words. It sounds like there are quite a few of them and they have huge energy, otherwise how could they affect the situation in the troubled times.But no matter what kind of merchants and rich people are, they are insignificant to the current situation. How dare Wei Rutao keep saying that they can affect the current situation?

I was a little confused, so I looked at Bu Ying inquiringly, but Bu Ying just shook his head at me without explaining.I had no choice but to suppress my temper and continue to look at the matter in front of me.Zhou Zhi'er seemed a little discouraged after hearing Wei Rutao's words, and she didn't open her mouth to defend herself, but Ye'er waved her hands again and again, saying: "No, master, the matter of the young master really has nothing to do with the young mistress, you must believe her."

If you listen to the words of the shopkeeper Ruan, you will naturally think that Ye'er and Zhou Zhi'er are in the same group, so Wei Rutao glanced at her coldly and said: "At that time, Zhi'er passed out and was resting in the room. Did you take the hall sign?"

Ye'er was taken aback, and quickly argued: "No...it wasn't me, I was taking care of her in the young lady's room that night."

Wei Rutao obviously didn't believe her words, and ordered her to hand over the sign.Although he said this to Ye'er, he actually said it to Zhou Zhier. Zhou Zhier's face was tired, her eyes were lifeless, and she said slowly: "I made a dress for Xiushu, and there are still a few stitches left. Sew, go back to the room first."

She said, bowed to Wei Rutao, nodded to the patrolling horse, and then went back to the backyard.Wei Rutao was a little taken aback when he saw her calm and calm appearance, and the patrol horse also said: "Young Mistress seems to be a little bit wrong."

"Is she acquiescing?" Wei Rutao smiled wryly, but Ye'er had been there to explain for Zhou Zhier that Wei Zhiyan's death had absolutely nothing to do with Zhou Zhier.Wei Rutao asked her again, who exactly did Zhou Zhier go to see at nightfall yesterday, Ye'er heard him ask this question, for some reason her face was full of shock, she faltered and couldn't speak.

Wei Rutao was heartbroken and had no intention of questioning her, but waved her hand to let her retreat by herself. Seeing that Wei Rutao didn't do anything to him, Ye'er was even more frightened and staggered towards the backyard.Wei Rutao watched her leave, and weakly told Uncle Zhou: "Don't let her leave the Wei family."

Uncle Zhou was in a hurry to respond, and for a while there was no one in the hall talking, only the patrol horse said: "I always feel that things don't seem to be like this." Also shut up.

Uncle Zhou led Shopkeeper Ruan out of the hall, and asked Qiu'er to send him away. Looking at Qiu'er's appearance, he must have believed that Shopkeeper Ruan came here to pursue her, and he thought of her everywhere, so he had a great deal of affection for him. Good impression, I sighed for a while, wishing I could remind her aloud.

After everyone left, only Wei Rutao and the patrol horse were left in the hall. The two looked at each other silently. After a long while, the patrol horse asked: "Aren't you going to give that letter to the young lady?" ?”

Wei Rutao seemed to have just remembered, put his hand on his forehead, and sighed: "I almost forgot about it. I thought Zhiyan had just left, and her mother was critically ill, and she would not be able to bear such a blow, so I thought about slowing it down." Tell her about it later. Now it seems that the matter of Zhiyan will not hurt her, so I will give her the letter."

The patrolling horse shook his head, and said solemnly: "I still don't believe that the young mistress will harm the young master, maybe there is no misunderstanding in this."

Wei Rutao let out a dull breath and didn't respond.At this moment, Ye'er suddenly stumbled over from the backyard and shouted, "Master! Master!"

There was a cry in her words, Wei Rutao stood up from the chair in a jerk, and asked sharply, "What's the matter?"

Ye'er cried until the pear blossoms were raining, and shouted: "You quickly save the young mistress, quickly save her!"

"What's the matter, Young Mistress?" Seeing that the situation was not right, the city patrol horse asked, and the person had already rushed out of the hall.Only then did Ye Er's words float out: "Young Mistress...Young Mistress committed suicide!"

Wei Rutao was shocked, hurriedly lifted up his robe and ran out of the hall.It was only at this moment that I suddenly realized why Zhou Zhi'er remained calm after returning from Lang's house. It turned out that she had already made up her mind to go with Wei Zhiyan, so naturally she didn't need to argue with Wei Rutao.

Bu Ying and I followed to Zhou Zhi'er's room, but Wei Rutao and the others closed the door after they entered, only to hear the patrolling horse sighing inside: "Oh, it's too late, it's hopeless."

How Zhou Zhi'er committed suicide could not be heard in the words, but he said again: "The young lady proved her innocence by dying, it seems that things are indeed not what the salesman said."

"But, is there something unspeakable about her that she can't tell, and she wants to prove her innocence by death?" Wei Rutao's voice trembled, "Could it be that I really wronged her?"

At this time, there was only a thumping sound inside, as if someone had dropped their knees to the ground, and then heard Ye'er crying: "Young Mistress refused to tell where she went that day, it was all... all because of me?"

"For you?" The patrol horse said in surprise, "What happened to you?"

"I... I'm pregnant, but I don't dare to let others know." Ye'er cried and told the whole story. She had gone home once before, and had close contact with the man from the childhood sweetheart next door. After arriving at Wei's house, she found out that she was pregnant with a child, but she didn't dare to say anything.After Zhou Zhi'er learned of this, she asked her if she wanted to keep the child or kill her.

Ye'er was afraid, originally she wanted to abort the child, so Zhou Zhi'er found a doctor for her and prescribed a miscarriage medicine, but after getting the medicine back, Ye'er changed her mind and planned to leave the Wei family Go back to get married, and all want to keep the child.What Shopkeeper Ruan heard behind the wall was exactly the conversation she had with the doctor.

Zhou Zhi'er knew very well that Ye'er, a woman in her boudoir, suddenly became pregnant. If such a thing was said, she might never be able to be a human being again, and maybe she would live without face, so she refused to say anything about it. Unexpectedly, Wei Rutao believed that he had acquiesced in framing Wei Zhiyan.

A large part of the reason for Zhou Zhi'er's death was to keep a secret for Ye'er, so at this time Ye'er blamed herself so much that she could no longer keep silent.As she spoke, she burst into tears, only to hear another muffled sound of falling to the ground from the room. It seemed that Wei Rutao couldn't stand the fact, and fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)