Li Cheng hugged his eldest sister and teased her for a while, then looked at the time, it was getting late, so he called Yuan Bao and told him to bring Feng Rusi back.
Tomorrow is a ten-day holiday.
At the same time, he asked Duanyan to inquire about the specific events that happened on Princess Kangtai's birthday, to see if the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice could find any clues.
Duan Yan got the order and went.
It was already night, and all the guests in the palace had already dispersed.
Several servant girls in the mansion were taken away by officials of the Ministry of Punishment for questioning.
That Miss Zhang's body was originally going to be taken away, so it had to be examined again, lest there be any clues that I didn't find omissions.
However, Mrs. Zhang refused no matter what, saying that things can not be separated, and her daughter will leave cleanly even if she dies. Reluctant to cry and grab the ground, he ordered a few servants to come over and transport Miss Zhang's body back to Zhang's house.
There were no useful clues, and Li Cheng ignored it after listening to a few words.
The child who was studying outside was picked up, and the kitchen started to live and cook. Feng Rushi put down her ball bag and went to see her eldest sister first.
The elder sister is younger, Feng Rusi is a stranger in her eyes after not seeing her for a few days, but she has always been a good character, the old man tilted her head and gnawed her own hand.
Feng Rushi took it off for her, and took a handkerchief to wipe her saliva.
After playing with the little girl for a while, she started giggling.
When it was dark, Li Cheng asked the maid to wake Gu Qingci up.
At this time, the kitchen also delivered meals, and the family ate together.
The eldest sister was crawling around in the big cradle next to her.
Feng Rusi greeted Gu Qingci and talked for a while.
He carefully noticed that Gu Qing was frowning, his expression was different from the usual cheerful one.
He asked, "What's wrong with Auntie? Are you feeling unwell?"
Gu Qingci shook her head lightly, "It's nothing."
Li Cheng touched Feng Rusi's head.
He is not a person who doesn't tell his children anything, so he said after hearing the words: "Your aunt was a little scared when she went out during the day, and she has already taken the tranquilizing medicine, so there seems to be no need to worry too much."
Feng Rusi looked up, looked at Li Cheng and then at Gu Qingci.
With a serious face, he reached out to pick up some vegetables for Gu Qingci, and said seriously, "Auntie, eat more."
Gu Qingci laughed all of a sudden, her children are really sensible.
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The case of Zhang's daughter's drowning has been investigated for several days.
Wu Zuo checked briefly that day, but found no other wounds on Ms. Zhang's body. After returning to the Ministry of Punishment, several officials questioned many people again.
But I didn't find any witnesses. They all said that Ms. Zhang had a quarrel with Gu Qingci every day and then ran out alone in anger.
In the end, the case can only be judged that Ms. Zhang committed suicide by falling into the water by herself, and no one did any harm.
However, Mrs. Zhang refused to accept this result. She frantically went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and asked them to investigate again. She said that her daughter was accompanied by a servant girl. How could she run to the river? She must have been murdered, because Miss Zhang She left after having a quarrel with Gu Qingci, so Mrs. Zhang insisted from the beginning to the end that this matter had something to do with Gu Qingci, that Gu Qingci had harmed her daughter.
But there is no evidence, how can the people in the Ministry of punishment believe her one-sided words.
He could only order someone to send Mrs. Zhang out of the Ministry of Punishment.
Mrs. Zhang has a look of resentment, how can she let go of her daughter's unexplained death!
Why do you have to cling to Gu Qingci? Of course she knew that there was no evidence, and her daughter's death might have nothing to do with Gu Qingci.
But Mrs. Zhang hates it! If Gu Qingci hadn't insulted her daughter, how could her daughter run around, and if she didn't run out, how could she have fallen into the lake!
So Mrs. Zhang thinks that this matter has nothing to do with Gu Qingci, and she should pay for her daughter's life.
Madam Zhang doesn't know how to hold on if she doesn't transfer this hatred to Gu Qingci!
She is full of hostility in her heart now, as long as someone pays for her daughter's life!
The Ministry of Punishment did not give an explanation, so Mrs. Zhang turned around and went to the palace.
However, although she felt sorry for her daughter, she was still shrewd in her heart, and when she went to the palace to see the princess, she just wiped her tears without making a fuss.
On the one hand, Wang Hao sympathized with Mrs. Zhang very much, and because this happened in her own mansion, she was also responsible, so she could only comfort her.
They were at fault for this matter. Later, the princess told the prince in detail, and the prince also guessed something in his heart. Mr. Zhang works in the Ministry of Industry, and when Shangfeng is about to retire, he must have some thoughts in his heart.
That's all, it's about compensating them. The prince sighed in his heart, and then went to the event to hand over the words. After a few days, Mr. Zhang was promoted.
While the Zhang family benefited from the death of their daughter, Mrs. Zhang still resented Gu Qingci, as if by doing so, she would still be a good mother who loved her daughter wholeheartedly.
On this day, Gu Qingci was looking at jewelry in Mo Yuxuan.
Not long after, another person entered the store.
But this person is Mrs. Zhang.
As soon as Mrs. Zhang came in, she immediately found Gu Qingci, and her face immediately sank.
A pair of sharp cold eyes stared at Gu Qingci like a poisonous snake.
Gu Qingci was also annoyed, which made her look impatiently. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly looked away again.
Just a disgusted sneer appeared on his lips, and then he led the maid up to the second floor.
Gu Qingci's mood was completely ruined by this person, if she hadn't seen the other party going through the pain of bereavement, she would really not be able to resist stepping up to scold him.
"Don't buy it, go back!" Gu Qingci dropped the things in his hand and said.
Her expression was full of displeasure, she turned around and walked out, and the servant girl hurriedly followed after seeing this.
On the second floor of Mo Yuxuan, Mrs. Zhang watched Gu Qingci leave from the window.
There was another sneer, and then asked in a low voice: "Is everything ready?"
The servant girl nodded quickly, "Don't worry ma'am, there will be no mistakes."
Only then did Mrs. Zhang show a happy smile.
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Lee's.
Li Cheng came back from time to time and found that Gu Qingci was not at home.
At first he didn't pay attention, and just asked the maid: "Where's your grandma?"
Yuzhu replied: "After lunch, I took Fu'er and Qing'er out for a stroll. I heard that my son Mo Yuxuan has new jewelry, and grandma wanted to see it early in the morning."
Li Cheng frowned after hearing this: "Did you go out at noon?"
Yuzhu said yes.
"Every time Guan Guan goes out, unless he is returning home, he seldom comes back after me. Did you send someone out to pick him up?"
Yuzhu was also a little worried, and replied, "I asked Yuchuan to look for it just now, I don't know if Grandma got caught up in other things."
Before Li Cheng could sit down and take a sip of tea, he strode out immediately.
One side said: "You take care of the eldest sister, I will go out and have a look."
After finishing speaking, he went to the stable, led his own horse, and went straight out the door.
He rode his horse all the way to the direction of Mo Yuxuan, and happened to see his own carriage driving this way.
The servant who was driving the car also saw the master, stopped immediately, got out of the car and saluted.
Li Cheng only asked: "Have you received your grandma?"
Hearing Li Chengze's voice, Yu Chuan in the car quickly lifted the curtain and jumped down, with an extremely anxious expression on his face, he said, "Master, Mo Yuxuan's boss said that grandma would leave Mo Yuxuan before the time for application, and then I asked along the street. , Some people saw that the young lady left at that time, but grandma never came home! Uncle, where did grandma go?" Yu Chuan was really on the verge of crying.
Li Cheng said with a gloomy face, "You go back first, I'll look for it myself."
After speaking, without waiting for anyone to answer, he kicked off the saddle, pulled the rein with his hand, and rode away quickly.
Li Cheng went straight to Mo Yuxuan, entered the door, called out the shopkeeper, and asked her about Gu Qingci.
When did you come, when did you leave, and did anything special happen during the period.
The shopkeeper had a bitter face, looking at the murderous face of the person in front of him, he had no choice but to call the guy who greeted Gu Qingci over and ordered him to repeat the matter.
"... I came here about a quarter of an hour before the hour. When I left, it was almost the time mark. It seemed that nothing happened. Mrs. Gu took a look and left without buying anything." The shop clerk replied.
"It seems... nothing special happened? Didn't buy anything?" Li Cheng repeated in a low voice, with a cold expression on his face, "Are you sure?"
The store clerk was frightened by his cold tone, and stammered: "Yes, I didn't buy a single thing, so I put it down and left..."
Li Chengze: "My wife has come here many times before to buy things, have you ever had an empty hand?"
Gu Qingci is an old customer of Mo Yuxuan, and has always been entertained by the guy in front of him.
Hearing Li Chengze's question, he thought for a moment that Mrs. Gu would buy something every time she came to their store.
"No, never empty-handed." He subconsciously said it.
"Then why didn't you buy anything this time?"
The buddy followed Li Chengze's words and thought about it...
Then he opened his mouth and replied: "It seems that Mrs. Zhang's family came to our shop. There seems to be a quarrel between the two. Mrs. Zhang gave Mrs. Gu a cold look. Mrs. Gu got angry, and then she was in no mood to buy anything."
"Mrs. Zhang..." Li Cheng said to himself, and then said: "But the servant of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Zhang's family?"
Working in a place like Mo Yuxuan, the store clerks have been dealing with the wives and ladies of various families all year round. Naturally, they are extremely familiar with the situation of each family in the capital.
When Li Chengze asked, he immediately nodded, "It's that one."
After hearing this, Li Cheng turned around and strode away from Mo Yuxuan.
He doesn't have time to investigate one by one and slowly figure out where Gu Qingci will go.
He has caught an important clue.
— Mrs. Zhang.
Don't say that this is just his speculation and suspicion, and there is no evidence.
Li Chengze didn't want to settle the case now, he could do it if he had reasonable doubts, and he couldn't let Gu Qingci have an accident.
The only one who has trouble with Gu Qingci these days is Mrs. Zhang!
Li Cheng got on the horse and flew to a place quickly.
Zhou Fu.
The owner of the Yu Mansion is the young man in black who went to the forbidden barracks with Li Chengze, the former third prince and now the emperor's confidant.
His name is Yu Xian, and Yu Xian is very skillful, and he used to handle some private matters for the third prince.
Li Cheng wanted to ask him for a favor.
After meeting Yu Xian, Li Cheng told about Gu Qingci's disappearance, Yu Xian immediately became serious, and agreed without saying a word, and borrowed Li Chengze's subordinate with high martial arts skills.
On the other hand, Li Cheng asked the skilled man to help her break into Zhang's mansion at night and arrest the maid beside Mrs. Zhang.
This matter may be difficult for others, but Yu Xian and his subordinates are not ordinary people.
When it got dark, the man sneaked into the Zhang residence.
It took only two sticks of incense before and after, and the big maid beside Mrs. Zhang was arrested.
Li Cheng thanked Yu Xian and borrowed his darkroom.
Yu Xian waved his hand: "Why do you have to be polite to me, just use it, you know Wei Yi's methods, you can ask him to help interrogate."
Wei Yi is Yu Xian's subordinate.
Li Chengze did not refuse, and entered the darkroom with Wei Yi.