"Minister Qu is really a great guy!" Yue Wenhan watched Qu Zhizhen leave, his lips curled silently with sarcasm.
She came quickly and got away quickly, cleanly and neatly without any delay. This should have been admirable, but now it made him feel mocked, and he felt more and more that it was not worth it for his aunt.
People like Qu Zhizhen are obviously heartless at first glance.
Not only his aunt, but also the current Yu, probably didn't care much about him. Or, compared with his official career, the vicious Yu didn't occupy a big position, even though she gave birth to a pair of children for him.
If it wasn't for his cousin telling him, he really wouldn't have believed Qu Zhizhen's personality, but now it seems to be true.
"Cousin, can you tell me again what you heard, saw, and found out when you went there?" Qu Moying sat down and asked with a serious face.
Now people outside are all saying that he favors his concubine and kills his wife, and that Yu killed his mother, but in fact Qu Moying and Yue Wenhan know this matter best. Although Yue Wenhan did not say it directly, he led the conversation in that direction. It's just that rumors are just rumors, and the facts have not yet been proven.
Yue Wenhan was now very convinced of his cousin and told her exactly what had happened without adding anything.
"There's a medicine bag?" Qu Moying frowned slightly, grasping the key point, "What's inside?"
The medicine has been handed in, and there is not much left. It is now in front of Lord Zhang, but Yue Wenhan also knows the results of Lord Zhang's investigation.
"After taking the medicine, people will feel weak, haggard, and sickly, but it won't kill people immediately. It just makes the body uncomfortable. It can't be considered a poison." Yue Wenhan frowned. If it was a poison, it would be a confirmed fact, but with just this kind of medicine, it really can't be said to be poisoning.
"If this medicine is used on ordinary people, nothing will happen. But what if it is used on a pregnant woman? Giving birth is already a difficult hurdle. After taking this medicine, the whole body becomes weak. It is very likely that there will be two deaths. And there was a scoundrel who almost hit my mother before. Then it would not be a normal birth, but a death of my mother and me."
Qu Moying took a deep breath, his eyes were sinister, his heart beat fast, and he bit his lip.
In that situation, my mother must have felt so isolated and helpless. Giving birth to me was the best she could do.
Whether it is premature birth due to exhaustion during delivery or collision before delivery, it can be a disaster for a pregnant woman. The biggest possibility is that both the whole person and the baby in the belly will not survive.
"Before there is more real and reliable evidence, this evidence is just an auxiliary one. After all, it is not poison. Now if Yu refuses to admit it and no other strong evidence emerges, Yu will most likely be released first." Yue Wenhan said in a deep voice.
Most of what he had said to Lord Zhang, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, were borrowed from rumors outside, and these rumors were deliberately instigated by him.
But in fact, the only evidence they have now is medicine and some silver bills, and it is not a poison that can kill people directly.
Qu Moying was silent for a moment, but she was actually prepared in her heart. Since she could ask Yue Wenhan to help with this matter, she would not let Yue Wenhan take any responsibility in the future.
"Cousin, open the coffin!" Qu Moying said.
"What...what?" Yue Wenhan was stunned for a moment and immediately objected.
"This won't do. These drugs are not considered poisonous and cannot be tested. If they cannot be tested, it will disturb my aunt's peace. This is not good!"
"It's not my mother's!" Qu Moying shook his head, "It belongs to the old nunnery master!"
This was their motivation for coming to the nunnery before, and it also explains why Yue Wenhan happened to appear in such a remote place.
"The old nunnery abbot said... that he died of illness?" Yue Wenhan asked in confusion. This was actually just an excuse. His focus later was on his little aunt. Qu Moying's sudden words gave him new ideas. He denied the previous words as soon as he finished speaking.
"The old nunnery abbess fell ill before my aunt moved in. At that time, she was also given these drugs, and the amount used was quite large, which made her so weak that she became sick all of a sudden. After that, she must have been given drugs all the time, and her body became weaker and weaker. But in the end, she suddenly died after my aunt passed away. This is very intriguing!"
Yue Wenhan muttered to himself and touched his chin.
Qu Moying nodded, knowing that Yue Wenhan had been too focused on his mother's affairs and neglected other things. If she just gave him a little reminder, he would definitely understand.
Sure enough, Yue Wenhan slapped the table hard and stood up: "After my aunt passed away, the old nunnery master was in trouble immediately. If it was just this kind of medicine, it would not have achieved this effect. Therefore, the old nunnery master must have been poisoned by some other poison to have such an immediate effect."
"Although the old nunnery mistress was ill before, if she recovered and took charge of the affairs of the nunnery again, many things could still be investigated. If they were really investigated, the current nunnery mistress would definitely not be able to be caught, so it's better to just put an end to it." Qu Moying sneered, "Otherwise, the old nunnery mistress would not have been buried so quickly afterwards, and some people who didn't know about it would not even know anything."
"Guilty!" Yue Wenhan's eyes lit up, "Okay, I'll go see Master Zhang now."
After sorting out the cause and effect, things really become clear.
"Cousin, can I meet the abbot?" Qu Moying raised his eyes and asked softly.
"You want to see her?" Yue Wenhan asked in surprise. When Qu Moying came this time, he thought that his cousin might want to see Yu, or the maid named Hailan beside Yu, but he never thought that Qu Moying wanted to see the abbot.
"Yes, it's her!" Qu Moying said affirmatively.
"Okay, I'll arrange it!" Yue Wenhan nodded. Once Qu Zhizhen went back, Qu Moying would represent the Qu family. Moreover, it was Qu Zhizhen who brought her here before she left, so her representativeness would be further confirmed. Besides, she was the daughter of the victim. Just meeting her now would not arouse suspicion.
No one would think that she would deliberately collude with those who harm others.
But even so, they had to ask Lord Zhang right now. Lord Zhang was of course there, but he told Qu Zhizhen that he was not there to avoid suspicion. Now they heard that Qu Zhizhen had gone back, leaving his daughter alone and wanting to see the people who were arrested today. Lord Zhang agreed without any hesitation and let Yue Wenhan make the arrangements himself.
Yue Wenhan took Qu Zhizhen to a place for interrogation. It was not a public interrogation, but was only the size of a room, where the abbot was imprisoned.
As soon as she saw Yue Wenhan coming in, the nunnery owner's face turned pale as snow and she cried out in injustice: "My Lord, I really didn't do anything. Those banknotes are what I have saved over the years. Some are current and some are past. But they were given to me by Madam Qu Er, who lives in Qu's mansion. Now I have to give them to you."
The one here was given by the current Madam Qu Er, and the others are nothing special."
"Where's the medicine? Why should it be hidden under the quilt as well? Is it a good tonic?" Yue Wenhan looked at her coldly with his hands behind his back, his eyes sharp.
Qu Moying just stood quietly behind him, looking at the nun coldly.
She looked to be in her forties or fifties. Her clothes were a little old but clean, and her behavior seemed different from that of other nuns in remote areas.
I heard that this woman had her life saved by the old nunnery abbess, and that’s why she entered the nunnery. That means she was not a nun before she entered the nunnery!
The old abbot should be a kind-hearted person, but he didn't expect that the person he saved was a poisonous snake.
"The medicine is... I got it from the former Madam Qu Er. I felt it was not right, so I kept it. Later, when Madam Qu Er got into trouble, I wanted to send it to the Qu Mansion, but I didn't find a suitable opportunity. And I also heard that Madam Qu Er just had a difficult delivery and was not poisoned!"
The nunnery head's eyes flickered, and she actually explained it. She looked panicked, and tears fell. "I felt something was wrong at first, but then I thought it couldn't be true. Otherwise, Madam Qu died of poisoning. Death from poisoning and death from dystocia are naturally different. It could be some tonic. I forgot about it over the years and kept it in my collection of silver bills."
"Sir, I am really wronged. I know nothing. It was only because Wang Wu came to my house suddenly today and said those nonsense that caused all this trouble. I hope you can redress my grievances." The nunnery owner covered her face and cried, "I have been kind to others for so many years since I took over the nunnery. Who knew that such a disaster would come from the sky?"
"I heard that the abbot was saved by the old abbot. I wonder what the abbot did before?" Qu Moying suddenly asked softly.
"I am just a girl from an ordinary family. My parents died early, and I was deceived by my clan members and almost sold. When I was escaping and fell from the mountain, I met the former abbess. It was indeed she who saved me." The abbess wiped her tears and said.
"Are you a girl from a nearby family?" Qu Moying asked again.
"No, I escaped here. I am not from here. I was deceived into coming to the capital. After that, I had nowhere to go, so I simply followed the former abbess and became a nun here." The abbess shook her head.
"What did your family do before?" Qu Moying continued to ask.
"It's just an ordinary family... just an ordinary farm family. I can't read. I was very young when I escaped and have long forgotten everything about my hometown. Now I only remember a general place, but I can't find it back. Fortunately, I don't have any relatives, and I don't want to look for them anymore."
The abbot wiped away her tears again and said bitterly.
Being an orphan, and being in such a situation, no one will go back to their hometown. I am afraid that they will never have the idea of going back in this life, and will gradually consciously forget about it. It is not a big deal.
"How many years ago did this happen?" Qu Moying's eyes fell on the hands of the abbot. The hands looked well maintained. It was said that work was required in the nunnery, which showed that the abbot was a pampered person and not a hard-working person.
What made Qu Moying suspicious the most was that the abbot sounded very pedantic in his words and did not sound like someone who was illiterate.
This nun is very suspicious. She seems to be trying her best to downplay her past and has no resistance to what is happening right now. It's a very strange feeling.