The location of Qingfeng Tavern is remote, if it wasn't for the maid, Lu Lian, it would be hard to find here. During the daytime, the tavern's business was deserted, and there were no other diners in the store. As soon as the shopkeeper saw the maid, he led them into a small private room.
Zhuang Zhong met Fang Yingying before, and he remembered it vividly at a glance, but now the once gorgeous look is now very haggard, without the glory of the past, if he saw Fang Yingying on the side of the road, he would never think it was that high-spirited and proud woman.
Fang Yingying was dressed in civilian clothes, and seeing the resoluteness between her brows when she approached, Zhuang Zhong found a trace of familiarity.
"Cough, cough—" Seeing that Feng Huan was following behind, Fang Yingying hurriedly stood up, her speed caused her to cough.
Lu Lian hurried forward, "Miss."
"It's okay." Fang Yingying waved her hand and saluted respectfully, "My lord, I didn't expect you to come too. Please forgive me for being rude."
Seeing Fang Yingying's appearance, Feng Huan couldn't help frowning. After all, although she was his fiancée before, although she didn't like her too much, she had to admit that Fang Yingying's looks and temperament were beyond the reach of ordinary women. And what impresses him the most is Fang Yingying's vitality, she is more cheerful and dazzling than ordinary noble girls, and she also likes horseback riding and archery, which made him feel that this marriage might not be so bad at the time.
But now Fang Yingying looks haggard, and she has lost a lot of weight. She has completely lost the pride she once had, and she is gloomy.
"There is no need to be polite, let's get straight to the point."
"My lord, you are not surprised to see that I am alive. You should have known that I ran away from home secretly."
Feng Huan was noncommittal, Fang Yingying explained, "I didn't run out because I wanted to escape from marriage, but my family wanted me to die, so I had to escape."
Fang Yingying's eyes were full of resentment and helplessness.
Feng Huan raised his eyebrows, "It was Fang Shangshu's instruction? Why did he want to kill you? Although Fang Shangshu is a bit old-fashioned, he is not an extremely vicious person."
"Because the world can't tolerate me, and my family can't tolerate me even more. My existence will harm them." Fang Yingying smiled bitterly, her eyes turned red instantly.
Feng Huan and Zhuang Zhong looked at each other, but no one said anything, waiting for Fang Yingying to speak.
It took Fang Yingying a long time to say, "I was pregnant at the time."
Zhuang solemnly looked at Feng Huan subconsciously, Feng Huan only frowned slightly but had no other reaction.
Fang Yingying didn't continue, and Lu Lian became anxious, "My lord, my lady has no second thoughts about you! She doesn't have...a lover."
Fang Yingying clenched her fists and knelt down in front of Zhuang Zhong, "Lord Zhuang, I heard that you are a master at solving crimes, please understand! I know that it is not a pity to be pregnant and die before marriage, let alone betraying the prince. My parents wanted my life, I don't blame them, I know they are forced to do so. But I am not convinced, I am obviously not with anyone... I don't know who caused me to this point, I want to find out, and then even if I die, I will have no regrets."
Solemnly surprised, "You mean you don't know who violated you?"
"Yes, although I used to like to go out to play, but most of them were with my girlfriends, and I never left my maid. And at that time, I was engaged to the prince, and I was banned by my mother, so I was rarely able to go out. It is impossible for someone to take advantage of others, and I Haven't noticed it yet!"
Fang Yingying was emotional, it took a lot of courage for a woman in her boudoir to say this, but she was not convinced, she clearly abided by women's morals, why should she bear such a crime!
Lu Lian also said: "Even if my lady is sleeping, there will be someone in the room to accompany her, and there is no time when she is alone. But we didn't know that until later, the lady was not feeling well, and the doctor came to find out that she was pregnant. just got it… "
What happened later was clear. Fang Yingying was engaged to Feng Huan at the time, but she ended up giving Feng Huan a cuckold without even getting through the door. If it gets out, not to mention Fang Yingying, the entire Fang family will suffer a great crime. The Fang family didn't dare to marry such an unclean woman to Feng Huan, lest they get caught up in the fire, and wanted to abandon Fang Yingying in exchange for the safety of the Fang family.
No matter how Fang Yingying argued that she had not had an affair with anyone, Fang's family did not intend to let her go. After all, the fact is already the case, so what if Fang Yingying is innocent. Fortunately, the loyal servants around Fang Yingying helped Fang Yingying escape, and she was saved from death.
Fang Yingying has never been reconciled, she had everything before, but now she is ruined by an unknown person, even if she can't be the same as before, she will dig out the person who hurt her! Lu Lian once advised her to live the rest of her life incognito, so this article will be over, so what if they are just women. If she wanted to investigate, the news would definitely be leaked. Even if she found out the truth, she would not survive and would be drowned by spittle.
Fang Yingying endured for a while, but in the end she couldn't get over this hurdle. She would rather lose her life to find out the truth. Therefore, let the green curtain find solemnity. Not only because of his reputation for solemnly judging cases, but also because he belongs to Feng Huan. It's not that there are any fantasies, as early as the moment she found out that she was pregnant, Fang Yingying knew that Feng Huan was not destined for her in this life. Just thinking that she was already Feng Huan's fiancée at that time, and being defiled was against Feng Huan. No matter what, Feng Huan should also know who is so courageous.
"If I was the only victim, maybe I wouldn't have the courage to come and look for the lord, but I ordered people to investigate, and Xu Yuan also hanged herself because she found out she was pregnant."
Xu Yuan, Feng Huan's second fiancée.
Fang Yingying was pregnant for no reason, it was too coincidental that Xu Yuan was also pregnant and committed suicide, Fang Yingying felt that this matter was probably aimed at Feng Huan.
Frowning solemnly, he looked at Feng Huan, "Is that true?"
Feng Huan didn't respond, but Zhuang Zhong got the answer from his expression. No wonder he was so irritable that day, no one would be happy to be cuckolded.
"If Xu Yuan's situation is the same as yours, then it's too coincidental. I'm afraid there is a lot of meaning in it. But who would use such a vicious trick to make you unmarried? If you really don't like you, it's smarter to kill you directly Ah." What Zhuang Zhong didn't say is that it's safer and faster to kill someone directly than Qiang, even a quick shooter will take a few minutes to finish the job, and it's not necessarily a hit.
Fang Yingying said again: "I also know Xu Yuan. The Xu family is the most disciplined. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the door will not leave the door. And the door is so strict that ordinary people can't sneak in. Even if you have a sweetheart, you can't go through the ditch secretly. "
Feng Huan frowned even tighter, "There are countless people who hate me, and there are also many who want me to be unable to get married."
The implication is that there is no clue to start with him.
Solemnly said: "There is no hurry to determine the matter. On the one hand, we need to start with you, the prince. On the other hand, it is a coincidence, and it has nothing to do with you. Miss Fang, when did you find out that you were pregnant? How many times did you conceive?" months?"
Fang Yingying answered one by one, solemnly calculating the approximate date of conception, "Do you still remember the itinerary for the past few days? Is there any difference?"
"I didn't go out in those few days, I was at home all the time... Oh, I just came back from Ciyun Nunnery at that time. Since I got engaged, I only went there when I went out."
"Ciyun Nunnery?" Although Zhuang Zhong had been in the capital for some time, he didn't know such a place existed.
Feng Huan explained, "The nunnery in the suburbs of Beijing is full of incense, and the ladies and ladies in Beijing like to go there."
Fang Yingying glanced at the green curtain, and the green curtain understood, and explained: "Our wife heard that the Bodhisattva there is efficacious, and she often went there to burn incense and pray. The young lady felt that she was pious and fulfilled her wish to marry the prince's wife. She led the young lady I went to fulfill my vow and stayed there for three nights."
After Lu Lian finished speaking, her face was gloomy. When she learned that her family's young lady was able to marry Miss Si Zhaowang, it was such an honor, and it also aroused the jealousy of other young ladies. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long to be crushed into the dust, and could never turn over again. Obviously, the good son-in-law is in front of him, but now it is a sea of vicissitudes, and he will never go back.
"Those three days are very close to the date of Miss Fang's conception. This nunnery may be weird."
Although Buddhism is prosperous here, many temples hide dirty. Zhuang Zhong used to be a young monk, and he often went out with Yuan Jue, so he knew a lot of dirty things. Many nunneries are even hidden prostitutes, and there are many unclean temples.
But Fang Mansion is closely guarded, and it is not easy for the flower pickers to come and go without a trace.
Lu Lian quickly shook her head, "Impossible, Ciyun Nunnery is a famous temple, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, and even the current queen mother has been there. Many of the people with hair and practice are from high-ranking officials and nobles, and the management there It is extremely strict, men are not even allowed to go up the mountain, and they are stopped at the foot of the mountain, so it is impossible for men to appear there."
Zhuang Zhong looked at Feng Huan, Feng Huan nodded, "That's true. There is only one road to go up the mountain, and the others are cliffs. I accompanied my mother to go there, but I was stopped at the bottom of the mountain."
Zhuang Zhong frowned slightly, thought for a while and said, "Miss Fang, I would like to ask, did you notice any abnormalities in your body in those few days, that is... did you notice any bleeding?"
Fang Yingying blushed immediately, and Lu Lian said angrily, "You, you—"
Fang Yingying hurriedly stopped her, "Don't be unreasonable in the green curtain, I've lost all face now, so I'm not afraid of this."
"Miss Fang, don't get me wrong, I just want to make sure."
Fang Yingying shook her head, "There is nothing unusual."
Zhuang Zhong thought for a while and said, "When does Miss Fang usually come for monthly letters?"
Fang Yingying's eyes widened, "You, why are you asking this?"
Although Fang Yingying was puzzled, she also said it.
Zhuang Zhong did the math, it happened to be Fang Yingying's ovulation period.
Zhuang Zhong carefully asked Fang Yingying about the situation in Fangfu during those few days. Because she was preparing for marriage, there were only a few things that happened every day. Fang Yingying and Lu Lian remembered very clearly. According to the description, there are usually a group of people around, and there is no possibility of blind spots. If you are pregnant during that time, it is only possible that someone invaded at night.
But Fang Yingying's courtyard has a total of more than a dozen servants and women, and there are five on the night shift. It is too difficult for the other party to be invisible.
But in Ciyun nunnery, because it is a quiet place of Buddhism, Fang Yingying only brought the green curtain by her side. Listening to Zen with Mrs. Fang during the day, and sleeping in the same room with Lu Lian at night, it is much easier to start at that time!