Detective in the Red Chamber

"However, the longer the interval between such things is, the less secure it is. About half a month later, there is no secret signal, and the specific meeting time is also limited-this seems to be unreasonable. "

"Thirdly, Your Excellency has said before that the iron nails driven into Zhao Yixiong's body and the tools used to drive the iron nails into Zhao Yixiong's body should have been prepared by the murderer in advance."

"In this way, the murderer should have decided to hang Zhao Yixiong's headless body under the main entrance porch of the Patriarch Hall from the very beginning.

"In other words, they should have known early on that there are several ladders in the Patriarch Hall!"

"But according to the confession, the three of Ma Yizhen have been lurking outside the city for half a month, and have never had any contact with the city."

"Isn't this a contradiction?"

When Huang Bin said this, he shook his head and said, "Unless they have the ability to predict, it is really difficult to explain this matter by coincidence."

Chen Jingde was already envious and jealous halfway through hearing it, so when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but retort: ​​"How do you know that there are no prophets..."

In the middle of speaking, Sun Shaozong gave him a look, which immediately made him shrink his neck like a quail.

Stopping Chen Jingde's sour words, Sun Shaozong nodded to Huang Bin and said, "Although some details are still missing, it's not bad to be able to see these suspicious points."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his voice: "Chen Jingde!"

"I'm humble."

"Go to the Yamen quickly and bring Ma Yizhen and Liu Yiwei here for trial!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Shaozong turned his attention to Hongyuan Daoist in the coffin shed.

Originally, he thought that the real Hongyuan was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, but if his sudden suspicion just now was true, in this intrigue, who is the chess player and who is the chess piece, I am afraid it may not be known yet!

Chapter 850 Li Wan's Experience

It was just after noon.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue were two sisters, each occupying a corner of the Arhat's bed, chatting with each other.

What was discussed at the beginning was nothing more than the right and wrong of Rongning and Ningfu, but she didn't know how to get it during the chat, so Mrs. Wang looked up and down at Aunt Xue.

That suspicious look made Aunt Xue's heart beat, and she said awkwardly: "What are you looking at, sister? It seems like you don't know me anymore."

Mrs. Wang chuckled when she heard the words, grabbed a few peeled candied chestnuts, gave half of them to Aunt Xue, and said in admiration: "You said that you have been ill for a while, not only did you lose weight, but your face fell down. With more blood, flushed and festive - if she is a few years younger, she can pretend to be a new daughter-in-law."

She was just teasing casually, but Aunt Xue's heartbeat almost stopped, her face turned green and red, and she quickly lowered her head and swallowed a chestnut to hide the panic in her heart.

But Mrs. Wang has been with her day and night in the past few years, how can she not see something strange about her?

Immediately wondered: "What's wrong with you? Could it be that there is something you are hiding from..."

"Ma'am, ma'am!"

Just as I was talking, I saw a person walking in hurriedly, but it was Yu Chuan'er, the second-class maid who replaced Caixia, and she said eagerly: "Just now, the Yihong Courtyard invited a doctor, it seems to be the second-class maid. Grandpa is really sick!"

"what?!"

Now Mrs. Wang didn't bother to get to the bottom of it anymore, she stomped her feet and said, "This debt collector, why is he sick when he says he's sick?!"

Saying that, he walked out on his own.

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly left the fried chestnuts behind, and followed closely.

Speechless all the way.

When they arrived at Yihong Courtyard, a group of Yingying and Yanyan led by Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu had already rushed over, and they were booing around Baoyu to ask for warmth.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue had arrived, all the girls rushed forward to salute.

Mrs. Wang didn't care too much, and arrived at Jia Baoyu's bed in three steps at a time.

Seeing him leaning on the bed sickly, although he tried his best to put on a smiling face, but his eyes were not bright, Mrs. Wang became more and more anxious, and asked repeatedly: "This is so good, why is he sick again?" ?! What did the doctor say? Where did you get sick, or did you accidentally catch a cold?"

Speaking of the latter, she couldn't help but stare at the maids in the room.

She Yue spoke quickly, seeing that she seemed to be angry, she hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Second Master was fine yesterday..."

In the middle of speaking, Xiren stopped the conversation: "Yesterday, the second master was a little unhappy, and then he wrote a tribute to the old man of the East Mansion, and he seemed to lose his soul—fortunately, the doctor said it was nothing. It’s a big problem, it’s just that thinking too much hurts the heart and spleen, and it’ll be a few days to get better.”

Hearing her words, Mrs. Wang suddenly remembered that she had already given her son a sick call yesterday in order to prevaricate You Shi.

After a few harsh words, he turned his head and blamed his son, blaming him for being filial, but he shouldn't have hurt his body.

In fact, Jia Jing went out of the city to practice Taoism more than ten years ago, and he may not be able to come back twice a year. How much affection can there be with Jia Baoyu?

When Jia Baoyu wrote the sacrificial oration yesterday, he just habitually grieved for the spring and autumn, and forced himself into it, which had nothing to do with filial piety or anything.

But now that Mrs. Wang has set the tone, everyone will naturally follow the words to praise him, and you say what you say, but it seems that he is 24 filial piety.

Some of them were not good at flattering, but they just kept silent, but Lin Daiyu quietly approached and asked Baoyu what he had written in the sacrificial oration.

If someone asked, Jia Baoyu would recruit if he couldn't tell.

But in front of Lin Daiyu, thinking of all the decadent and world-weary words in the sacrificial text, which were completely opposite to the vows made by the two of them, how could Jia Baoyu dare to tell the truth?

He faltered a few words, seeing Lin Daiyu's serious suspicion became more serious, and he broke out in a sweat all over his head.

Fortunately, at this time, rescuers suddenly came outside - but it was Wang Xifeng and Li Wan who had been sick for a few days.

Jia Baoyu, as if he had been pardoned, hurriedly confessed: "Sin, sin, how could you alarm your sisters-in-law?"

Then he asked the two if they had recovered from their illness.

Wang Xifeng was more calm than before after experiencing the turmoil in the world, she covered her mouth and said with a half-smile: "I have a heart disease, today the Elder Master came forward to repay my innocence, so naturally it will heal without medicine. "

As he said that, he looked at Li Wan sideways: "How can sister-in-law recover so quickly from her illness?"

But it turned out that this morning, Jia Amnesty took the initiative to confess to the old lady, admitting that he had ordered his daughter-in-law and son-in-law to do business together without telling the family.

However, the information revealed by Wang Xifeng's words is far more than that simple.

Li Wan also laughed when he heard the words, shook his head and said, "You are the one who hindered me from my illness. Now that you are well and quick, why should I be ill?"

Immediately provoked a roar of laughter.

Those who are confused laugh happily; those who are half-understood and half-ignorant laugh teasingly; those who really understand laugh out sighs and sympathy.

Only Jia Baoyu didn't smile, he sat on the bed in a daze, and didn't see any reaction for a long time.

Xue Baochai was the first to see something was wrong, for fear that he would fall into hysteria for a while, and then clarify what he couldn't say.

So he hurriedly stepped forward to give Baoyu a gentle push, and changed the subject, saying, "It's a pity that you are ill at the wrong time, otherwise you can go to the next door to see something rare."

Jia Baoyu was disturbed by Baochai, looked up and saw she couldn't help winking, after a moment of daze, he finally understood, so he took advantage of the situation and asked: "What's so rare? Sister-in-law Zhen is so busy now, why do you have the nerve to go and see?" Her rarity?"

Xue Baochai pursed her lips and smiled, but she didn't want to get too close to him in front of others, so she pulled Shi Xiangyun over with her backhand: "Sister Xiangyun has to talk about this, so that it will be vivid."

Shi Xiangyun did his part, and explained the case of Tianshi Mansion inside and out, and he did not forget to bring a lot of private goods, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

At the end, she said again: "When I came back in the morning, I heard that the second elder brother of the Sun family was going to be promoted to question the case in that mansion."

"really?!"

Jia Baoyu immediately straightened her spine, her legs hung down on the bed, and she pulled her shoes on to get up, complaining, "Why didn't you tell me sooner? I haven't seen my second brother solve the case for a while!"

Seeing his turmoil, Mrs. Wang came together to persuade him.

But Jia Baoyu is interested, so how can he be the one who listens to people's persuasion?

What's more, judging by his excited appearance, the condition seemed to be a little lighter, so Mrs. Wang had no choice but to let him go.

But in the end, I was still worried, so I simply took a group of Yingying and Yanyan to Ningguo Mansion to 'condolence'.

This walk was a mess, and in the end, only Li Wan and Aunt Xue were left.

Aunt Xue didn't want to meet Sun Shaozong, so she declined Mrs. Wang's invitation. Seeing that Li Wan was also staying, her face immediately darkened, and she walked out alone without saying a word.

She had thought that Li Wan followed up relentlessly, and even repelled her maid and mother-in-law in a pretentious manner.

Aunt Xue originally wanted to stop it, but she was afraid that there would be trouble here and people would see something, so she had to force herself to suppress it first.

When the maids were all led away by Suyun and Yindie, she said sarcastically: "What is there to talk about between you and me now?"

The smile on Li Wan's face also disappeared, and he solemnly blessed him, saying: "I am ashamed of my aunt, I didn't dare to say anything at first, but just now I saw my aunt's brows were frowning, so I wanted to see what was going on. A place of redemption."

"No need!"

Aunt Xue dropped three words and wanted to turn around and leave.

But Li Wan stepped in front of her and said earnestly: "No matter how much my aunt hates me, some things can only be discussed with me after all. Besides, I have... have some experience in the past few years, even if it's just for Wenlong. [Xue Panzi Wenlong] Cousin, Bao girl, and aunt should not refuse people thousands of miles away."

If it was a few days ago, Aunt Xue might not be able to listen to these words.

But now, the annoyance in her heart has finally weakened, and she almost showed her feet in front of Mrs. Wang just now, so after hesitating for a while, she finally reluctantly stayed.

But she absolutely refused to take the initiative to ask Li Wan for 'experience', so she just kept her face sullen, with the posture of 'you talk and I listen'.

Fortunately, Li Wan was only worried that she would be exposed, and then dragged himself into it, but he didn't care whether she hated him or not.

With a calm mind at the moment, he invited Aunt Xue to a nearby pavilion, and said softly, "Actually, after I had an affair with him, I was in constant panic. Whenever anyone looked at me, I always felt that I was being raped." Look what happened."

These words made Aunt Xue feel the same way, so she couldn't help pricking up her ears.

"Fortunately, I live in seclusion on weekdays, and I have Suyun who can resolve my worries, so during that period of time, no one really saw any flaws."

This is not so applicable to Aunt Xue.

Not only does she have to keep in touch with smart people like Mrs. Wang and Xue Baochai, but she has no one around to confide in.

Seeing that Aunt Xue frowned unconsciously, Li Wan said again: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Auntie to follow this method, but there is another way, Auntie might as well try it."

"What way?"

Aunt Xue finally couldn't help asking.

Li Wan said sternly: "Auntie might as well think about all the grievances and unwillingness that widows have suffered in these years first, and then ask again: Why?!"

Aunt Xue was a little confused, and asked in surprise, "Ask who?"

"Of course I asked myself, I also asked that dead ghost, and I even asked this thief God!"

Li Wan suddenly became a little excited, and slapped his heart hard: "I am also a human being, a woman of flesh and blood! Why can't I enjoy a man's tenderness and consideration like a normal woman after suffering so much? !"

Aunt Xue was at a loss by her sudden outburst, she opened her mouth hesitantly, but she didn't know what to say.

Seeing her like this, Li Wan restrained himself a little, stretched out his hand to grab Aunt Xue's catkin, and said seriously: "It doesn't matter if you say you are deceiving yourself or others, or you take it out of context. Anyway, think about the hardships we have suffered, and use that unwillingness If you don’t want to fill your chest, you won’t feel guilty anymore.”

Aunt Xue frowned even tighter, obviously for a while, she still couldn't accept this method of self-suggestion.

But Li Wan got up from the stone pier, and said softly: "How to get over this hurdle, I still have to make up my own mind."

Saying that, Wei Wei gave a blessing, and walked out of the gazebo.

Aunt Xue was in a daze for a while, until the maids found her, and then returned to Hengwu Courtyard with a worried face.

…………

But when Li Wan's master and servant hid by the roadside and watched Aunt Xue go away, Suyun asked a little nervously: "You said she is so ignorant, so she won't really be seen?"

Li Wan shook his head noncommittally, and said after a long while: "Compared to this, I'm more worried that she will be obsessed with resentment, and will get into a dead end like I did back then, and keep entangled with Sun Jia Erlang."

Hearing this, Suyun's face became a little weird, he hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but probed: "Grandma, you...do you really want to break off contact with Master Sun?"

"how?"

Li Wan glanced at her: "Are you reluctant?"

"No no no!"

Su Yunna admitted, and hurriedly pointed to the sky and said: "As long as I can stay with grandma, I don't want to think about anything!"

Unexpectedly, Li Wan sighed: "But I am a little bit reluctant."

After speaking, regardless of Suyun's reaction, he went straight to Daoxiang Village.

Chapter 851 Interrogation 【Part [-]】

The side hall of Ningguo Mansion.

"Oh, what the hell is going on here?"

After reading the interrogation statement, Master Hongyuan was filled with emotions, which turned into a long and leisurely sigh.

Sorrow, sorrow, intolerance, loneliness...

All kinds of emotions were condensed in this long sigh. If Sun Shaozong hadn't had prejudices in his heart, he might have been affected by it.