Her adoptive mother came from a noble family and was very arrogant and willful when she was young. After marrying her adoptive father, she was deeply loved by him, which made her even more willful.
It is said that she had a quarrel with her adoptive father over some trivial matters, and then she rode her horse back to her parents' home late at night regardless of her pregnancy. Her adoptive father chased her all the way, but she beat her horse even more and whipped her horse even more. You can't get pregnant again.
After that, her adoptive father not only did not blame her for this matter, but also loved her even more because he sympathized with her pain of losing his son. In the next thirty years, he did not have any intention of taking a concubine in the matter of having an heir.
She usually does whatever she wants, and never cares about other people or things. Besides, she is her adoptive mother and the love of her adoptive father's life, and her identity is always different from others. Now that there is no evidence, Su Changfeng is again No matter how anxious she was, she couldn't be disrespectful to her adoptive mother, so in the end she had no choice but to leave in anger!
On the way back to Xiangsi Pavilion, Su Changfeng said to Yun Shuang, who had not said a word just now, "What do you think about this matter?"
Yunshuang thought for a moment and then affirmed: "Mrs. Xiaoxiang must be hiding something from us, but the reason is unknown."
"I think so too. Now we have to summon the personal maid who is serving the adoptive mother to ask questions." Su Changfeng said thoughtfully.
"Yes, Sect Master!" Yun Shuang respectfully accepted the order.
Not long after, two maids in green skirts walked in slowly. The first one was about twenty-four or five years old, with red lips and white teeth, and a beautiful appearance. Her name was Nan Yi. The one after her was petite and exquisite, her name was Bei Shang. All the maids are old members of the family who have been with Mrs. Xiaoxiang for many years, so they are all familiar with Su Changfeng.
"Nan Yi, Bei Shang, join the sect master!" The two maids prostrated themselves.
"There is no need to be polite, everyone, get up!" Su Changfeng had been taken care of by them when he was a child, so he did not act like a master to them. He just said lightly: "Since the death of my adoptive father, I am very worried about the sadness of my adoptive mother. Excessive, after all, they had a great relationship. The sudden death of my adoptive father may be a big blow to my adoptive mother. I wonder how my adoptive mother's health is now?"
"Back to the master, Madam has been neglecting food and drink in recent months. She has refused to listen to our advice and has lost a lot of weight..." Nan Yi's eyes turned red before she could finish her words.
"Not only that, my wife was infected with cold a few days ago and refused to take medicine. This has been going on for many days. Last night, I heard her coughing continuously at night. It was really distressing for those who heard it." Beichang also added in time.
"Oh, is my foster mother sick? No wonder I didn't hear her mention it when I saw her in low spirits today." Su Changfeng asked doubtfully.
"Madam is like this. She won't tell others if she feels uncomfortable. In the past, when the old sect master was here, he would always take care of the lady's health himself. Now that the old sect master is gone, the madam is probably not willing to let anyone else do it. Check her out." Nan Yi said.
"No matter how sad the adoptive mother is for the adoptive father, she should take care of her own health. However, the adoptive mother has always been so willful. When the adoptive father was around, they often had quarrels because of this." Su Changfeng said seemingly unintentionally.
"Who says it's not the case? The old sect master really has nothing to say to the madam. She is accommodating and tolerant at every step. It's just that the madam has been suspicious in the past six months and always had unreasonable quarrels with the old sect master. Now that the old sect master has gone, the madam must have regretted it. !" Beichang continued.
"Why has my adoptive mother always been quarreling with my adoptive father these past six months?" Su Changfeng's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Yes, madam always doubts the master..."
"Bei Shang..."
Before Beichang could finish speaking, Nan Yi hurriedly stopped.
"Why, Miss Nan Yi has something to hide from this sect leader!" Seeing Nan Yi like this, Su Changfeng couldn't help but look cold, as if he was angry.
"Nan Yi doesn't dare, but Beichang has always been open-minded. My wife is just a little temperamental, so she will definitely not have anything to do with the old sect master's death. The sect master doesn't need to spend time here." Nan Yi raised his head and stared at Su. Changfeng is neither humble nor arrogant.
When Yun Shuang heard this, she immediately became furious and reprimanded: "It's true that things are like masters. Every master must have his servant. How dare a little maid openly teach the master how to do things!"
"Nan Yi is dead, so I don't dare challenge the authority of the sect leader. Nan Yi just feels sorry for his wife. The old sect leader's body is still cold, but the sect leader suspects her of being her husband's murderer?" Nan Yi said tit for tat.
"Presumptuous, you are so bold, and I haven't said anything yet?" Su Changfeng's face turned livid, he stared at Nan Yi coldly and said angrily.
"Nanyi doesn't dare, Nanyi... please punish me, Master!"
"Please punish me, Master!"
Faced with Su Changfeng's anger, Nan Yi, who was still very angry just now, first tried to calm down, but then suddenly started sobbing. When she cried, the timid Beichang also started crying. The two of them kowtowed while crying. Su Changfeng punished him, but refused to say anything more.
Su Changfeng had a headache. The two of them had been working in Wanzhu Peak and usually only listened to Xiao Miaoqing. Xiao Miaoqing had always taken care of his shortcomings. If they really got into an argument, it would definitely cause more trouble, so he said gently: "Get up and answer the question. !”
"The master is so generous, don't you appreciate it?" Yun Shuang felt disgusted when she saw the two of them still kneeling and crying.
"Thank you, Master!"
"Thank you, Master!"
The two of them stopped crying, stood up, and stood respectfully in the hall.
"I'm not doubting my adoptive mother. After all, my adoptive mother and my adoptive father have been loving each other for many years. Naturally, she wouldn't be the one who harmed my adoptive father. Don't make any preconceptions. But why do you think that I would suspect that my adoptive mother was the murderer who poisoned my adoptive father? "Su Changfeng asked slowly, seeming to be confused.
Beichang looked at Nan Yi and hesitated to speak. Nan Yi stood aside, his expression changing rapidly, and finally bit his lip, with a confused look on his face: "Madam once suspected that the old sect master had other women outside, so the two of them have been there for the past six months. They were often noisy. More than three months ago, the two had another argument about this. The old owner actually pushed the wife down and walked away without caring about the bruise on her forehead. We were all shocked at the time, and the wife became ill because of it, but The old sect master never came back."
Her words shocked Su Changfeng's heart. He had the impression that his adoptive father treated his adoptive mother very well and almost never said a harsh word. How could he suddenly act like this
"Nanyi, if there is anything else, you must report it one by one. This matter is of great importance and there must be no hiding anything!" Su Changfeng said seriously immediately.
Nan Yi and Bei Chang both knelt down again and said: "No more, no more!"
However, Su Changfeng saw that the two of them were looking away, and they must have something important to hide, so he motioned to Yun Shuang with cold eyes.
Yun Shuang accepted the order, and the soft sword in his sleeve was immediately unsheathed, and it was pressed directly against Nan Yi's chest, and said coldly: "You haven't said yet, do you want to go down there and serve the old sect master immediately?"
Nan Yi was still able to keep his composure, but Beichang was frightened and cried: "Sect Master, please calm down, Sect Master, please calm down, I say, I say."
"Beichang, don't talk nonsense, you will bring trouble to the madam... ah...!" Seeing that Beichang was about to tell the truth, Nan Yi quickly reprimanded, but Yunshuang's sword opened a blow in her chest the moment she spoke. A big bloody flower, Nan Yi let out a cry of pain.
"No, don't kill sister Nan Yi, I say, I say." Beichang, who had always been innocent, seemed to have collapsed when he saw the blood that kept coming out of Nan Yi's chest.
"Madam, Madam said that the old sect master raised a little bitch outside, and said that he would die with the old sect master! Not long after the old sect master returned to Wanzhu Peak that day, the madam followed him to the study, but soon after entering She came out angrily, and not long after, Sister Nan Yi discovered that the old sect leader had been poisoned and died!
"At that time, Madam had already fallen asleep in the room. When Sister Nan Yi and I went to report, Madam woke up leisurely, but she seemed to not know that the old sect master had come back at all, and she kept asking us when the old sect master was. return.
"After learning that the old sect leader died, my wife was extremely sad and cried bitterly. She kept asking about the cause of the old sect leader's death. She seemed to have no idea that the old sect leader died of poisoning.
"After she found out that the old sect leader had been poisoned by her own newly prepared poison, Madam began to fall into a trance. She forgot everything she said and did as soon as she turned around. Sister Nanyi told me that maybe Madam was in a trance. Poisoning the old sect master to death without knowing it was not Madam’s original intention.”
Beichang finished speaking in one breath and seemed to have settled something on his mind.
When Nan Yi heard what Bei Chang said in the end, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh and burst into tears. Then she held her chest and forced herself to kneel down and bow to Su Changfeng.
He prayed: "Please don't tell Madam the truth. Madam is ill and doesn't know what she did. If Madam knows that she poisoned the old sect master herself, she will definitely feel regretful and will be a hundred times more painful than she is now.
"I beg the sect master to let me and the madam die together. I would like to stay with the madam all the time. The madam is so pitiful. She has been in love with the old sect master all her life, but the husband and wife relationship between Qin Se and Ming for thirty years can never be compared to a young and beautiful little bitch. Man, my madam’s lifelong infatuation has finally been paid for by mistake!”
Su Changfeng was also heartbroken at this moment. He was adopted by his adoptive father when he was young. For a long time, he, his adoptive father, and his adoptive mother lived together like a family of three. His adoptive father was so kind to his adoptive mother. , he saw it all in his eyes, why two people who clearly loved each other so much ended up in such a situation that it was the foster mother who poisoned the foster father to death!
No, no, his adoptive father practiced poison all his life, and he was known as the Poison Sage by the people in the world. How could he be poisoned to death by his unconscious adoptive mother without any investigation? No, what's wrong
Everything was spinning rapidly in Su Changfeng's mind. He always felt that there was some key information that he had overlooked. It seemed that it was so close that he could reach it if he stretched out his hand, but he could never catch it. Suddenly he felt like his whole body was on fire and had a splitting headache. No, his old disease had relapsed!
He tried his best to restrain himself and ordered to Yunshuang: "Lock them both up first, and send more people to guard Wanzhu Peak. Remember, don't act rashly without my order!"
"Yes, Sect Master!" Yun Shuang noticed Su Changfeng's strange behavior, but didn't ask anything.
After everyone retreated, Su Changfeng seemed to be exhausted. He leaned on the porch and gasped for air. His clothes were soaked with sweat, and the karma in his body was burned. His whole body was shaking with stars in his eyes.
"Master, do you want to invite Doctor Qing immediately?" The shadow guard who had been in the dark saw that Su Changfeng had relapsed and hurriedly appeared.
Su Changfeng felt that this recurrence was more sudden than any other and could not delay it any longer, so he nodded towards the shadow guard.
When Qingxuan received the summons, he was shocked. It had only been seven days since Su Changfeng got sick last time. Why did he get sick again? The summons was so urgent, which meant that his symptoms were serious this time. She had been curing him for so long. Not only did it not alleviate his condition, it seemed to worsen it, and she was immediately disappointed.
When she arrived at the main hall and saw Su Changfeng's appearance, she no longer had time to think about it, and hurriedly helped him with bloodletting and acupuncture. After a long time, the heat in Su Changfeng's body seemed to gradually subside, and the headache was relieved.
As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Qingxuan, who had been busy doing acupuncture for him. He saw that she had been frowning slightly, and there were already many beads of sweat on her forehead. She was shaking, and somehow he couldn't bear it. He stretched out his hand to cover her forehead. Qingxuan was startled. The silver needle in his hand suddenly lost control and pierced Su Changfeng's skin heavily.
Su Changfeng and Qing Xuan screamed at the same time.
The attendants and guards waiting outside heard the two people shouting at the same time inside. They all looked at each other and smiled ambiguously, and consciously stayed away from the door!