Without caring about the presence of Mr. Gu beside him, Shen Tang hurriedly asked Wu Ling: "Coffin? What coffin? When did it happen?"
The dancer was so frightened that he held his head and trembled like a sieve.
Mr. Gu looked at Shen Tang with a gloomy gaze and asked the question in his mind: "Don't you know what happened to you?"
Shen Tang responded unhappily: "My house was robbed."
"Stealing the house? What do you mean?" Mr. Gu did not get angry at her harsh words, but instead humbly asked for advice. This reaction was very incredible in the eyes of those who knew Mr. Gu well.
"I lost my memory!"
Shen Tang's confession came unexpectedly.
Looking at Mr. Gu's eyes that were slightly widened due to astonishment, she laughed to herself, "You are very surprised and shocked, right? I forgot everything that happened before I was exiled! Even the identity of 'brother-in-law' mentioned by Gong Yunchi was given to me by him, and I accepted it."
Mr. Gu was stunned for a moment, as if he had not expected it to be like this.
After a while, he asked, "But—why?"
Shen Tang said, "Why? Are you asking me why I pretended to be someone else? No reason! I just didn't want to cause trouble for myself. But you guys are so smart! Besides, how do I know if the identity is real or fake? Maybe I am really his brother-in-law."
Mr. Gu pursed his lips and fell into deep thought.
At first he thought he had solved the mystery and saw the truth, but as the dance girl revealed secrets, things became more complicated.
The eldest lady of the Shen family disappeared. Judging from Gong Cheng's reaction, he and Gong were completely unaware of the matter and had no idea that the bride had been replaced.
The Shen Lang in front of us has lost his memory - let's just believe his words - then what was Shen Lang's previous identity
Why does she look 60% similar to the eldest lady of the Shen family and was used by the Shen family as a substitute for the eldest lady of the Shen family and married into the Gong family
Could it be that he is really the male heir of the Shen family who is stranded outside? After all, it is not groundless to say that noble families appear glamorous on the surface but are dirty inside.
However, if the two tribes did not encounter the barbarians and exiles but married successfully, wouldn't the identity of the bride be discovered? This is not a marriage at all, but an enmity! This is not a street story about a substitute bride. If a story can become a book by accident, reality can really be a fight to the death.
In an instant, Mr. Gu had countless thoughts.
Shen Tang had a bigger headache than him.
She doesn't mind eating the melon, nor does she mind eating the melon on herself, but she minds eating the melon on her body and not being able to understand how to eat it.
When people get irritated, they tend to get angry and lose control. She lost all her patience and threatened Wu Ling with violence, trying to use force to calm her down and make her answer her questions, but it naturally didn't work. At this time, Mr. Gu patted her shoulder and said, "Let me down."
Shen Tang: "What can you ask?"
Mr. Gu said: "I have a way."
Word spirit is a good thing.
During the two hundred years of turbulent times, there had long been cruel officials who had taken unconventional paths and specialized in studying the art of torturing people and extracting the truth from their mouths.
Unfortunately, he does.
In addition, his unpleasant "literary way" was born for this line of work to a certain extent. No one could lie to him except Shen Lang beside him. It was the first time he met someone who did not use the word spirit, but purely controlled his mind to prevent his mind from being read.
This undoubtedly requires strong self-control.
Shen Tang gave up the stage: "Okay, you come."
Mr. Gu pinched Wu Ling's chin with two fingers.
The hand that looked skinny and withered was extremely powerful. No matter how the latter struggled, he could not break free. It also left obvious fingerprints, forcing the other party to look at him: "With balance in hand, it is like a mirror that can destroy evil and support good, and can eliminate falsehood and retain the truth."
To simplify means to eliminate the false and retain the true.
Shen Tang frowned.
She had also seen this word spirit at Qishan's place, but the effect was to tear open the barriers set up by the enemy's army formation and see the enemy's movements more clearly. This Mr. Gu also used it, but the effect was to inquire.
Sure enough, the same words have different interpretations and uses in different people's hands, and the effects are naturally different.
The words were activated, and Mr. Gu asked without hesitation.
"When was the coffin delivered?"
Wu Ling said expressionlessly: "Half a month before the wedding."
"Is Shen Lang the heir of the Shen family?"
Wu Ling was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "I don't know."
I don’t know means I’m not sure.
"Do you know the origin of the coffin?"
The dancer naturally didn't know.
She recounted the story of "the servant who was guarding the corner gate in the backyard said that a very strange coffin was delivered one night."
Mr. Gu was patient: "Who sent it?"
Wu Ling said, "Second Master Shen."
Mr. Gu then asked who Mr. Shen was.
Mr. Shen Er is the brother of the father of the eldest lady of the Shen family. Unlike Mr. Shen Da, who is an official, Mr. Shen Er is a romantic and famous person who is obsessed with antique collections. Every day when he is free, he talks with people, drinks wine, travels around the mountains and rivers...
Nine out of ten of his words are for fun.
Shen Tang actually didn't have much obsession about the origin of his original body, but part of the truth revealed by Wu Ling was really horrifying - the original body was sent to the Shen Mansion overnight in a coffin by Mr. Shen, who was fond of antiques and collectibles, and it was a strange coffin, which was weird no matter how you thought about it.
Mr. Gu ate the melon seriously and murmured, "Could it be that Mr. Shen is actually Mr. Shen's hidden gem? He has been kept by him outside, and because of health problems, he brought him back. Just happened to fill the gap left by Mrs. Shen and got married off?"
Shen Tang: "Mr. Gu likes to read street stories?"
I know all the bloody routines very well.
Mr. Gu was strangely silent for three breaths.
Shen Tang: "The Shen family is extinct, and there is no one who knows the truth. This dancer is just a dowry. How much truth can she know?"
I guess he wasn't a personal servant.
Otherwise it would be impossible not to know whether she is a boy or a girl.
Besides, how could a maid who served me personally know how to dance on a flower drum? Even if I learned it on the spot, it would be too late.
Maybe she was originally a dancer kept by the Shen family.
Thinking of this, Shen Tang's brows twitched suddenly.
Caught something.
She asked, "You serve Madam Shen personally?"
Wu Ling shook her head: "No."
Shen Tang said: "Tell me about your experience."
The dancer told the truth.
She was born as a low-class dancer and was sold at a very young age. Before entering the Shen Mansion, she was taken by the foreman to please a wealthy fellow villager and became his mistress. She unexpectedly had a son and a daughter, but was discovered and sold by the eldest wife of the family. She was then bought by the kind-hearted eldest lady of the Shen family and kept in the room to serve, occasionally performing dance and music for the nobles in the mansion and receiving tips.
However, she was of low status and too old, and was always excluded by other maids, who said that the maids were too old and the nannies were too young.
Although he was said to be serving in the room, he was just sweeping and doing some chores.
It was never her turn to serve tea and water, or to help Madam Shen dress up; those tasks were all done by the maids who had served her since childhood.
"Those maids who served me personally were also included in the dowry?"
Wu Ling's answer was within Shen Tang's expectations.
She said, "No."
The maids who came with the dowry were all temporary.
The personal maid was beaten to death because she failed to serve her properly.
Shen Tang sneered: "This reason is ridiculous."
It turns out that Madam Shen's disappearance was premeditated, and she took her usual personal maid with her before she disappeared.
Wu Ling shook her head: "I'm not lying, he really was beaten to death."
Shen Tang: “…”