Qi Ning was talking to Shen Liangqiu when he suddenly heard exclamations outside and all frowned. Then he saw Manager Hou almost stumbling into the hall, his face pale and shocked.
Shen Liangqiu frowned and said, "Mr. Hou, why are you shouting like this?"
Manager Hou almost cried: "It's not good, madam...!" In desperation, he raised his hand and pointed outward: "General Shen, madam... something happened to her!"
Qi Ning's heart trembled, and Wei Yujiang beside him was also startled. However, Shen Liangqiu quickly rushed forward and asked almost sternly: "What's wrong, madam?"
"Madam... Madam committed suicide...!" Manager Hou was trembling all over: "General Shen, you... you go and have a look!"
Shen Liangqiu grabbed Mr. Hou's arm and shouted angrily: "Mr. Hou, what are you talking about? Madam was still fine last night, how could it be possible...!" Putting aside Mr. Hou, even Qining couldn't care less, and flew away He rushed out of the door, his movements were agile and his steps were extremely fast, and he was already out the door in the blink of an eye.
Qining and Wei Yujiang looked at each other and quickly followed out the door without hesitation.
Although Shen Liangqiu's steps were fast, Qi Ning's steps were even more slow. In a moment, she had reached Shen Liangqiu's side. Shen Liangqiu's face turned slightly pale, and his hands were clenched into fists. Qining noticed that Shen Liangqiu's hands were Shivering slightly.
After walking through the courtyard, we soon arrived outside the east courtyard. Before we could see the courtyard, we heard crying coming from inside. When we rushed into the courtyard, we only saw two maids slumped in front of the door, crying.
Shen Liangqiu rushed to the door of the house, which was open. He was about to step in, but seemed to think of something, stopped, and shouted in a deep voice: "Stop crying!"
The two maids were so frightened that they stopped crying, and Shen Liangqiu asked in a deep voice: "Madam is inside?"
"General, Madam... Madam, she...!" A maid raised her finger and pointed into the room, trembling all over, but she could no longer say the next words.
Qi Ning had already followed at this time and said to Shen Liangqiu: "General Shen, protect the scene!"
Shen Liangqiu understood what Qi Ning meant, nodded, looked coldly, and whispered: "Master Marquis, the governor committed suicide, and now the lady has committed suicide again. This... this is by no means simple, there must be something fishy in it."
"General Shen, don't worry." Qi Ning comforted him, "Wei Sishen is good at observing. Wait for him to come with you."
Both he and Shen Liangqiu were martial arts practitioners, full of aura and extremely fast. Wei Yujiang and Manager Hou were already far behind. Although Shen Liangqiu looked ugly, he was not in a hurry to enter the room. After a while, Wei Yujiang Having already entered the courtyard, Manager Hou waited for a while before entering the courtyard.
Shen Liangqiu then looked at Qi Ning. When Qi Ning saw Wei Yujiang and Manager Hou arriving, he nodded slightly. Shen Liangqiu entered the room first, followed closely by Qi Ning.
As soon as he entered the house, he entered the main hall. Shen Liangqiu looked to the left and saw that the door was also open. He took a deep breath and then walked slowly over. Qining followed behind and entered the room. As soon as he entered the room, I saw that the inside was divided into two parts. The outside half was simply filled with tables and chairs. There was a large screen in the middle that separated the back half of the room. There was an entrance on both sides of the screen, allowing you to enter the back.
Normally, as Mrs. Shen's dormitory, no man would be allowed to enter it except Tantai Zhilin. But with such a shocking thing happening today, there is no taboo anymore.
Shen Liangqiu and Qining turned to the back of the screen and saw a beautifully decorated large bed occupying almost half of the space behind it. The gauze curtain was hung on a hook, so the sexual scene could be seen clearly.
A woman with a pure white body was lying quietly on the bed at this time, with her hands on her lower abdomen, her left hand on top of her right hand, silently and motionless, and the woman's face was covered with a veil. , the gauze is very thin, so the woman's face can be faintly seen.
At this time, Qi Ning heard the sound of footsteps behind him and turned around. Wei Yujiang was following closely behind him, but Manager Hou rushed up from behind. He knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Madam, you... how are you? It’s so hard to think about, what will the young master do when you leave...!"
Shen Liangqiu walked to the bed at this time, clenched his hands into fists, and his body was trembling. He stared blankly at the motionless woman next to him. Qining's expression was stern. At this time, he also discovered that at the corner of the woman's lips, there was a trace of blood. There was blood coming out of the corner of his mouth, but the blood had obviously dried up.
Qi Ning turned his head and winked at Wei Yujiang. Wei Yujiang nodded, walked forward, bowed his hands to Shen Liangqiu, then bowed deeply to the beautiful woman, and said respectfully: "Mrs. Shen, I'm offended!" He leaned forward and took a look, and then there was a silver needle in his hand. He carefully moved the needle over. Shen Liangqiu raised his hand as if to stop him. His lips moved slightly, but in the end he didn't say anything. Hands down.
Wei Yujiang gently inserted the silver needle into the blood vessel of Mrs. Shen's neck and quickly pulled it out. Soon, everyone saw that the silver needle had changed color.
"Poisoned?" Qi Ning was shocked.
Wei Yujiang looked at Mrs. Shen's face again, then turned around and walked to Qining, saying softly: "Master Marquis, Mrs. Shen should have died of poisoning."
Qi Ning looked at Mr. Hou and saw that Mr. Hou was crying and coughing twice, and then asked: "Mr. Hou, my condolences, I have two questions to ask you."
Manager Hou raised his sleeves to wipe his tears and looked at Qining. Qining asked, "Just now did Manager Hou say that the wife committed suicide?"
Manager Hou said with a cry: "General Shen just knew that Mr. Hou came here to see the madam, so I asked the old slave to inform the madam. When the old slave comes, let Chuntao...!" He raised his finger and pointed outside and said: "Chuntao is here. Outside, the old slave couldn't just go into the house to report, so he asked Chuntao to report. After Chuntao entered the house, he soon... soon screamed, and the old slave rushed in, and then... Then he saw the lady tidy up. Lying clean on the bed, there is blood at the corner of the mouth...!"
"Mr. Hou, why can you know that Madam committed suicide based on this?" Qining stared at Mr. Hou's eyes.
Manager Hou raised his hand and pointed somewhere. Everyone looked over and saw that the place Manager Hou was pointing to was the dressing table. The dressing table was a few steps away from the big bed. The most conspicuous thing was a jade bowl placed on the dressing table.
Wei Yujiang had quickly approached, gently picked up the jade bowl and took a look at it, then quickly turned back to look at Mr. Hou and asked: "Mr. Hou, my wife was poisoned, did she drink this bowl of soup?"
Qi Ning also walked over at this time. Wei Yujiang held the jade bowl to Qi Ning with both hands. Qi Ning took it and looked at it. He saw that there was still half a bowl of soup left in the bowl, and there were two pieces of white fungus at the bottom. The white fungus soup was supposed to be It was clear and clean, but the remaining soup had a hint of brownish color, which was obviously wrong.
Mr. Hou said: "When I entered the house and saw my wife like this, I knew something was wrong. When I saw that the soup was different in color from the white fungus soup that I had brought before, I... I knew what was going on."
"After you entered the house, you saw blood on the corner of Madam's mouth, and then you saw that the bowl of soup was wrong, so you concluded that Madam committed suicide, right?" Qining looked calm and looked at Manager Hou and asked.
Mr. Hou nodded and said: "Yes... that's the case, but... but it's not just that...!"
Wei Yujiang saw Mr. Hou's expression flickering and frowned: "Mr. Hou, being poisoned by this bowl of soup may not necessarily mean suicide. Someone may have poisoned the soup. Why do you conclude so easily that Madam must have committed suicide?"
Shen Liangqiu looked stern and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Hou, you are an old man of the Jindao Hou Mansion. It was because you were loyal to the Tantai family that the old Marquis left you here to take care of the Governor. These years you have Although you are the manager of the Grand Governor's Mansion, neither the Grand Governor nor his wife has ever treated you as a servant, but respected you as an elder." He took a step forward, staring at Mr. Hou with his eyes like daggers. Channel: "Now that the Governor has committed suicide, and now that the Madam has committed suicide, tell me, is there anything that has not been said?"
Manager Hou was shaken and lowered his head, but Qin Ning walked over slowly and said warmly: "Old manager, if you really know something, you might as well tell it so that you can find out these things. If the Governor and his wife are really It's okay to commit suicide, but if there is really another reason, wouldn't you be unworthy of the Governor and his wife if you concealed it?"
Manager Hou raised his head, tears streaming down his face, and said sadly, "It's all the old slave's fault." He looked at Shen Liangqiu and said, "General Shen, last night... last night after you saw Madam leave, Madam... Madam said something to me. If something is wrong, I...I didn't tell you in time, it's all...it's because I missed something."
"What did the lady say to you?"
Manager Hou said sadly: "Madam gave me a small box. After I opened it, I found that it was full of gold and silver and... there were also some banknotes. It was strange at the time. Madam asked me to put them all away and said to me , if... if something really happens to her, then... distribute the box of things to everyone in the house, so that no one is left behind, and said... and said that thanks to everyone in these years...! "
Qi Ning and Wei Yujiang looked at each other, while Shen Liangqiu stared closely into Manager Hou's eyes.
"As soon as the old slave heard Madam's explanation, she felt that something was wrong, and persuaded Madam not to think too much about it. The Governor passed away, and Madam was sad in her heart, but after all, the young master is still there." Manager Hou sighed: "The old slave persuaded Madam that for the sake of the young master, For my own sake, I also asked her to take good care of herself. She didn't say much at the time, but told me to put the box away and not to mention it to anyone, otherwise... otherwise, the old slave will not be able to control her. "
Shen Liangqiu took a deep breath and said: "Mr. Hou, Madam is obviously thinking of committing suicide. You... why didn't you tell me last night? Even if Madam has given you instructions, how can you hide such a big thing?"
"The old slave is confused and thinks that the young master is here. Madam, for the sake of the young master, will never...!" Manager Hou suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself in the face, blaming himself. He said: "It's all my confusion, it's all my confusion...!" He smacked him twice, and Qining had reached out to grab his arm, shaking his head and saying: "Don't be like this, boss. Let me ask you, who gave this bowl of soup... Came here?"