Chapter 443: Walking into the cemetery?

There was another message about the death of the general. The general was poisoned to death, and the poison was placed by Jun Tao in a corner of Fulu Courtyard, and then he signaled the second master to take it without leaving any trace.

As for how the Second Master poisoned the medicine after taking it, Jun Tao didn't know. The Second Master did indeed never mention this matter again, as if it had never happened.

Jun Tao did know a lot of secrets. Ye Wenyan had no intention of paying attention to what Zhuier and the others were saying. He was just busy picking through Jun Tao's memories, keeping the useful ones and throwing away the useless ones.

As I was picking and choosing, I finally found a key thing.

Through this soul search, the cause of death of the old general and the general has become clear. One was angered to death by the old lady, and the other was poisoned by Ye Jingsheng and Xiao Shubai. In the matter of poisoning the general, the old lady not only instigated and indulged, she even provided the poison, and Jun Tao participated in the process, and the poison was handed over to Ye Jingsheng through her hands.

Jun Tao even killed a person for this, a maid who used to serve in Fuluyuan, because the maid saw her putting the medicine in that corner and also saw Ye Jingsheng going to take it.

The maid didn't think too deeply about it, she just thought Jun Tao was seducing the second master and was going to report her. Jun Tao was afraid that the matter would be leaked out, so she covered the maid's mouth and nose and stuffed her into the well.

It should be clear at this point, so she doesn't need to provoke Xiao Shubai anymore, or ask him for information. The murderer has been identified, and the only thing she needs to think about next is how the murderer should die.

But Jun Tao still remembered one thing in her mind, which was about Mu Qianqiu.

The day before the general passed away, she went to visit the master on the orders of the old lady. As a result, she saw Xiao Shubai blocking Mu Qianqiu in a corner of Huayu Courtyard, saying a few words, and stuffing a letter and a small box into her hand.

Jun Tao did not see the letter or the things in the box. She only heard this sentence mixed in Xiao Shubai's words: Brother has long been not just your husband, and your sister-in-law is still kept in the dark?

Jun Tao only knew this much about the matter and didn't think much about it. After she returned, she didn't even tell the old lady about it.

Now that this matter has come to Ye Wenyan's mind, Xiao Shubai, who was originally useless, has a new purpose.

So since the old lady wanted to get rid of Xiao Shubai, she had to take care of this matter.

"Miss." Finally, she felt someone pulling her arm. Ye Wenyan came back to her senses and saw Zhuier looking at her with a worried look on his face. "Miss, what's wrong? Are you thinking about something or are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Ye Wenyan calmed down and replied, "I'm thinking about something." "Do you want me to help you think about it?"

She shook her head, "Not for now. I will tell you when I need it." Then she said to Ji Duo, "The old lady has a plan to get rid of Xiao Shubai on the tenth day after the new lady enters the mansion. You should keep a close eye on her and don't let her succeed."

Ji Duo was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Master, rest assured, I will keep an eye on it."

"How did the young lady know this?" Ji Nu couldn't ask this question, but Zhuier didn't care and asked directly.

Ye Wenyan pointed at Jun Tao and said, "She told me." He didn't say anything more, and only instructed Ji Duo, "Send the person to the Lin'an government office and tell them that the maid went crazy for some reason and said that she had killed someone and drowned in a well in Fuluyuan, the First-rank General's Mansion. Ask the prefect to send someone to investigate."

Ji Duo took the order and left. Zhuier was puzzled, "Did he really kill anyone? Can you believe a madman's words?" Ye Wenyan nodded, "Yes, you can believe it. Besides, we will know whether he killed anyone or not by fishing in the well. But even if we fish out the body, it's useless. The murderer has become a fool. There is not much point in taking him to pay for his life."

"Why do you bother with this, young lady?"

"I'm free." She glanced at Zhuier, "Isn't it okay for me to be free?"

Zhuier stuck out her tongue, "I understand, Miss just doesn't like Fuluyuan."

Ye Wenyan had too much information in his mind at the moment, and had no intention of chatting with the little maid. He just waved his hand and walked out of the house alone.

Zhuier wanted to follow, but Ji Rong stopped her, "Don't follow. The young lady must want to be alone. Let's not disturb her. Why don't we go to Fuluyuan and wait. When the officials arrive, the young lady will definitely go over to watch the fun."

The news that Jun Tao was captured by Ji Duo quickly spread throughout the First-Rank General's Mansion. This incident caused many people to panic and fear. Even Xiao Shubai regretted letting Ye Hongzhuang come back.

If she had known that such a thing had happened to the old lady, she would have kept Ye Hongzhuang in the Su Wang Mansion no matter what. After all, even if someone wanted to settle accounts with the Ye family, it would not be the Su Wang Concubine's head. Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now.

Soon, an official came to the door, brought personally by the prefect Chi Hongfang.

Ye Jingsheng was still standing in the front yard at the time. He no longer cared about how to hang the lanterns, nor did he pay attention to the arrangements for the banquet dishes. He just kept thinking about how Ye Wenyan would handle this matter.

It was not until Chi Hongfang came to his house that he finally understood: Ye Wenyan had reported to the police!

Ye Jingsheng thought of countless possibilities in his mind, from beheading to confiscation of property and extermination of the clan, and even the 108 tortures of the Ministry of Justice, he had already gone through them in his mind, and then he found that he could not accept any of them. He didn't want to die yet, he hadn't brought Xue Qiao and Wu Shuang to the mansion, and he hadn't seen the child in Xue Qiao's belly, how could he die?

In the blink of an eye, Ye Jingsheng's face was covered in cold sweat. Xiao Shubai also came to the front yard, took one look at Chi Hongfang and started laughing, then pointed at Ye Jingsheng and said, "I heard that the master went to the government office yesterday and registered the two bitches outside in the Ye family. Why are you in such a hurry? Isn't it better to marry them and open a ancestral hall to recognize their ancestors? You have to do everything in advance. Now it's good, if we die, we will die together, including your unborn child, and no one will live!"

Ye Jingsheng's mind exploded with a bang. That's right! He registered Chang Xueqiao and Ye Wushuang. Although they haven't entered the house yet, according to the law, they are members of the Ye family, his concubine and daughter.

If the property is confiscated and the family is exterminated, no one will be able to escape.

Ye Jingsheng regretted it so much that his intestines turned green, and he even shed tears when he was anxious. The tall and strong man started crying in front of the servants in the mansion, the prefect of Lin'an, and a group of officials. He cried more and more sadly, and finally sat on the ground and cried loudly.

Chi Hongfang was amused. "You Ye family are really amazing. How many bad things have you done? Why are you crying when you see me? I say, Second Master Ye, you were once a general, you can't be so useless. Stop crying. I'm here to investigate a case today. I heard that there was a murder in Fuluyuan. Second Master, are you going to lead me there yourself, or send a servant to lead the way?"

Ye Jingsheng was still crying, and didn't understand what Chi Hongfang was saying. But Xiao Shubai understood, and at the same time he said "Huh" in his heart, thought about it, and asked: "What does the prefect mean, our old lady... killed someone?"

Ye Jingsheng finally stopped crying, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully, then he heard Chi Hongfang say: "Oh, the old lady didn't kill anyone, it was her maid, the one called Jun Tao, she killed someone and sank the well. Today, I brought people here to search the well, which can be regarded as eliminating future troubles for the Ye family. You tell me, such a big thing happened and the family didn't know about it. How unlucky it is to have a dead person soaking in the well in the backyard! There must be servants who went there to fetch water, right? Oh, it makes me sick just thinking about it."

It was indeed disgusting. Xiao Shubai vomited as soon as she heard it, because she remembered that she would go to Fuluyuan to pay her respects every morning and evening, and the servants would serve them tea, and she would drink it every time.

So what we are drinking is water that can soak dead people?

The second wife kept vomiting, but the second master was in high spirits. When he heard that the government was not here to investigate the two generals, he suddenly came to life, jumped up from the ground, and led Chi Hongfang to Fuluyuan.

Chi Hongfang had opened his eyes today. He saw the second master crying in the front yard and the old lady crying in Fulu Courtyard. He couldn't figure out when the family changed the etiquette tonight? Did the highest standard of hospitality require tears?

The old lady cried more vividly than the night scene, and she cried so hard that flowers appeared. She sang while crying, and all the songs she sang were sad tunes, either about someone's death or that person's death. In the end, she simply sang all the funeral music, which made Chi Hongfang think he had entered a cemetery. The officials who followed her were also confused, but fortunately they knew how to work. They went straight to the backyard without the prefect's instructions. After a while, they got their reward, carrying a swollen corpse back to the main hall of Fuluyuan.

Hong Chifang felt that it was a bit like mourning at this moment, after all, there was a corpse here. So he said, "Old lady, please cry a little. After all, she was your maid who served you. It's a pity that she died like this. If you cry a few times, she will be grateful to you when she hears you downstairs, and she won't come back to look for you in the middle of the night. It's better to burn some paper money to comfort the dead soul. By the way, don't use the well in the backyard anymore. Even if you want to dig a new well, keep it far away from there."

As he spoke, he looked around the room again, his eyes rolled around, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. He walked up to the old lady and said, "Your maid named Jun Tao will not come back. Killing someone means paying with a life. I can only chop her up. But she is the old lady's maid after all, so the body will be sent back to the First-rank General's Mansion after the chopping. Old lady, don't be too sad. Being sad is useless. You might as well use this incident to reflect on yourself. Remember what I said - killing someone means paying with a life. No matter you are a noble in the inner city or a slave servant, as long as you have a life, I will appear in front of you sooner or later!"

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