The hall was silent.
Murong Ci pondered for a moment before asking: "Madam Gao, I don't understand something, I hope you won't be angry, and don't mind."
Mrs. Gao wiped her tears and said, "It's okay, my lord will ask."
"Since you and Mrs. Li are sisters, why don't you go to Dali Temple to see how much her son likes Miss Li so much, why don't you go and see her?"
"I'm not afraid of the two adults' jokes when I tell this matter. I have reasons." A look of embarrassment flashed across Mrs. Gao's face, and she explained, "God bless, the Li family was destroyed. We are sad, and we really should To see them, you should go to the Li family to pay tribute to the souls of the dead. However, the tragedy of the Li family is investigated by your Dali Temple. We went to Dali Temple to see them because we were worried about causing unnecessary trouble. Your Excellency also knows that our Gao family, Li family, and Wang family have no The marriage of the children was not very pleasant, there were many quarrels and disputes, I was worried that you misunderstood that the tragedy of the Li family was related to us, so I didn't go to see sister Zhu, and I didn't let the dog go."
"So that's how it is." Murong Ci expressed his understanding.
She guessed a little bit, no matter how deep the feelings are, they can't compare with the real interests.
This is where people get complicated.
Seeing that they were silent, Mrs. Gao was a little worried and anxious, and said: "I know it's wrong for us to do this, it's too cold, but we can't help it. I also believe that sister Zhu is reasonable, as long as we really miss their family I'm sorry for them, she won't mind. The two adults won't suspect that the tragedy of the Li family is related to our Gao family, how could we harm the Li family? I will never do such a conscienceless thing just because of such a trivial matter."
Shen Zhiyan said with relief: "Don't worry Madam Gao, we are just making routine inquiries."
She was a little relieved, "Since the two adults said so, I will go to Dali Temple with him to see sister Zhu's family when Quanzi comes back later."
As she spoke, she became sad again, and her eyes were red again.
Coming out of Gao's house, Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan saw a man in brocade clothes slowly pacing over, weak, like a walking corpse, his face was pale, his brows were slightly frowned, and there were traces of sadness.
They looked at each other, could this man be Mr. Gao
"Are you Mr. Gao?" Shen Zhiyan stepped forward and asked.
"You are..." The man in brocade clothes gathered his scattered eyes, and his handsome face was full of doubts.
"We are from Dali Temple, here to ask about the situation of the Li family."
"You are the officials who investigated the tragedy of the Li family." Mr. Gao became excited, "Is Xue'er in Dali Temple, can I go and see her?"
"Can."
"Master Gao, does Miss Li like you?" Murong Ci stared at him.
"Xue'er naturally likes me. We grew up together, childhood sweetheart, she said she would marry me as a wife when she was ten years old. From then on, I decided to marry her in this life." Mr. Gao lamented His voice was sad and hoarse, and his eyes were filled with tears, "I didn't expect her to be killed and I will never see her again."
"My condolences to Mr. Gao. We will do our best to investigate and catch the murderer as soon as possible." Shen Zhiyan comforted, and it was obvious that Mr. Gao was really sad.
"I heard that Mr. Li and Mrs. Li disagreed about their daughter's marriage. Miss Li likes you. Didn't you tell them clearly? Didn't you work hard for your lifelong happiness?" She asked again.
"Xue'er naturally expressed his heart to her parents, but Uncle Li insisted on his own opinion and did not approve of her marrying into the Gao family. Xue'er fought, but it was useless." Young master slipped a wipe of tears, which shows how sad he is.
"Do you think Mr. Wang likes Miss Li?" Shen Zhiyan asked.
"He doesn't really like Xue'er, and the Wang family doesn't really want to marry Xue'er as their daughter-in-law. They are thinking about the interests of the Wang family. As long as they marry Xue'er, Mr. Wang's official career will be smoother and can help him get promoted." Gao The young master said with righteous indignation, very excited.
Shen Zhiyan looked at His Highness, Mr. Gao made some sense in his determination.
Mr. Gao and Mr. Li have similar official positions, while Mr. Wang is only a junior official of the seventh rank, and the marriage is indeed suspected of clinging.
Murong Ci said gently: "You don't think Mr. Wang really likes Miss Li, maybe Mr. Wang also thinks that you don't really like Mrs. Li."
Mr. Gao snorted angrily, and said angrily: "Why does he think that he hangs around Qinlou and Chu Pavilion all day long, spending time and having fun with those Yingyingyanyans, and there are a few girls in the house who are a womanizer, Xue Marrying him, how could it be possible that Xueer would not like this kind of person? He insisted on arguing with me, but because of Xueer's beauty and family background, as long as he married Xueer, he would have more face, so in front of friends brag"
She asked again: "As far as you know, besides the He family, does the Li family have any other enemies?"
"The enemy family should be gone. The Li family's family style is very strict, and the servants in the mansion are all well-behaved, and they will not easily cause trouble outside, let alone the master." Gao Gongzi suddenly opened his eyes wide and said in surprise, "Yes, I must It's the prince who became angry because he couldn't marry Xue'er
, Killed all the members of the Li family. Yes, that's it, the two adults go to Wang's house to arrest people. "
"Master Gao, you should go back and rest first, I will go to Wang's house." Shen Zhi said.
Mr. Gao watched them leave, then hurried in, and decided to tell his mother to go to Dali Temple to see Xueer's body.
Shen Zhiyan and Murong Ci went to Wang's house.
She fluttered her long eyelashes, pursed her lips and said, "What do you think?"
He said: "Judging from Mrs. Gao and Mr. Gao's feelings for the Li family, they can rule out the suspicion. Unless the mother and son are good at acting, it's hard for outsiders like me to tell the truth from the fake."
She nodded, "I also think they have no reason to kill everyone in the Li family."
He muttered to himself, "Does Your Highness think it's possible for the Wang family to kill people to vent their anger because of their children's marriage?"
She frowned slightly, "Is there a possibility that the Li family has decided to marry their daughter to Mr. Gao, but they haven't had time to tell the Gao family and Wang family. But Mr. Wang or members of the Wang family accidentally learned of this, and they were furious Impulsively buying and murdering everyone in the Li family"
"This hatred came too suddenly. It has something to do with everyone's temperament. Most people would not do such cruel and violent things. If a person with a cruel temperament can't control his anger, he may kill someone in anger."
"Let's listen to what the Wang family has to say."
Although Lord Wang was only a junior official of the seventh rank, the mansion of the Wang family is a bit more luxurious than that of the Li family and the Gao family, because the family property is rich after all.
Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan waited for a long while drinking tea in the lobby before Mrs. Wang came late.
Mrs. Wang is wearing gold and jade, with pearls, emeralds, gold hairpins and gold hairpins all over her hair. She seems to want to wear all the jewels and jewels on her body. She is graceful and luxurious, but more of them are gaudy. The madam.
She warmly greeted them for tea, then put on a sad face, "I know you are here because of the tragedy of the Li family. Cough, the Li family is really miserable, why is it so good that they were wiped out these few days?" We are all talking about the Li family this day, it’s too miserable.”
She wanted to appear sad, but her acting skills were too bad and her acting was too exaggerated, which was far from Mrs. Gao's true feelings.
"I heard that Mr. Li wants to betroth his daughter to your Wang family, this matter is serious." Since she mentioned the Li family first, Shen Zhiyan asked straight to the point.
"Of course it's true. Mrs. Li and my master are classmates and friends. After decades of friendship, I naturally want to get closer." She is quite talkative, but her words and deeds are exaggerated, which makes people feel unhappy. "However, we The marriage between the two families is a bit stagnant, and Mrs. Li is not very willing to marry her daughter over."
"For the sake of their children's marriage, the Wang family had many disputes with the Li family and the Gao family respectively, and even fought violently, isn't it?" he asked in a deep voice, his style of painting suddenly changed.
"nothing"
"Really not." He lowered his face, quite coercive.
"There is a dispute, but the fight is too exaggerated." Mrs. Wang was a little guilty, her expression was stiff, "It's just that the young man was arguing too hard, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he pushed and shoved a few times, but there was no real fight."
"Lord Li and Mrs. Li have different opinions, so there are so many troubles. You think marrying a daughter-in-law is too noisy and disgusting. Gradually, you feel resentful, so you hate the Li family and bought the murder of the Li family, don't you?" Murong Ci He asked sharply.
"Oh, I'm wronged, my lords, you can't talk nonsense. My master is an official ordered by the court. How could he know how to break the law and kill the whole family? "Madam Wang anxiously defended, "My lords, you must find out that the tragedy of the Li family has nothing to do with our Wang family."
"Master Li was unfortunately killed, why did Mr. Wang never go to Dali Temple to see if this is a classmate?" Shen Zhiyan sneered.
"I didn't let my master go." Mrs. Wang sensed that something was wrong, and explained excitedly, "My lords, we are very sad that something like this happened to the Li family, but it has absolutely nothing to do with our Wang family. We have nothing to do with the Li family. If you have no injustice or hatred, why do you kill people?"
Murong Ci looked at Shen Zhiyan, unable to judge for a while.
At this time, a person walked in from outside, "Mother, I heard from the butler that there are people from Dali Temple coming to the house."
The sound stopped abruptly.
The man saw Mrs. Wang winking vigorously, and also saw two strange men in the guest seats. He walked in quickly, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Wang has met two adults. The two are officials from Dali Temple because of the tragedy of the Li family."
Murong Ci could tell at a glance that this person was Mr. Wang, the kind of dude who hangs around romantic places, plays with the wind, talks nonsense when he sees people.
Shen Zhiyan nodded and said "yes", "I happen to have some questions to ask the prince."
Murong Ci looked at Young Master Wang, he was wearing purple brocade clothes, he was gorgeous and wealthy, he was indeed handsome, I wonder if it was because of his yellow and white complexion and unruly brows, how wretched he looked, compared with Young Master Gao, one by one God, one is cunning and the other is straightforward.