Everyone looked at Liu Xi, bitterness appeared on Liu Xi's gloomy face, "The rules of the Liu family, every year when offering sacrifices to ancestors, one of the children and grandchildren must watch the year in the ancestral hall. , It was also that year, the uncle and the others had already left, but the uncle suddenly returned in a hurry to check the cabinet where the genealogy was kept, as if he was afraid that the genealogy would be seen, and I became suspicious at that time."
"It was also at that time that the uncle began to make people talk about the seventh sister. By chance, when I went to find the uncle and the second uncle to report the things in the shop, I heard them talking about the seventh sister. The second uncle meant to hide it. Outsiders, as long as the seventh sister is married off, the uncle is worried, saying that if the delisting from the family tree is known, the life of the seventh sister in her husband's family will not be easy. The second uncle said that there is no way, she is not from the Liu family. "
Liu Yan's eyes widened when he heard this, "Fifth brother knew then..."
Wu Xiang frowned, "Why did you say you went to Shuiyue Nunnery many times to find her?"
"To ask her who killed her." Liu Xi's eyes showed a bit of gloom, he glanced at Liu Yan, and said plainly, "She never goes out of the house alone. If there are guests at home, she will She also seldom goes out and walks around, and she can count the outsiders by her name on one hand, so I don't think she will have an affair with any outsider."
Liu Yan couldn't help but say, "Fifth Brother, don't talk nonsense."
But Liu Xi ignored her, "If I know this, then other brothers may also know that there are far more people in this house who hate her than those who like her, even I myself would never treat her as a relative since I was a child My sister looks at it, if she hadn't saved my life back then, and I know what kind of person she is these years, I'm afraid I would have thought of getting her married earlier."
"Brothers and sisters are bound by ethics and etiquette, but if you know that you are not a real brother and sister, you will have no scruples about immorality, especially as time goes on, it becomes more difficult to treat her as a real sister—"
Liu Xi narrowed his eyes for a moment, then looked at Wu Xiang again, "Therefore, the person who murdered her must be someone from the house, but she is desperately unwilling to tell who that person is, even I can't find out."
Liu Yan hesitated to speak, even though Liu Yao was not of the Liu family's blood, in the eyes of outsiders, she was also a young lady of the Liu family. If this matter got out, it would be a scandal comparable to picking ashes, and the Liu family would definitely be criticized.
Seeing the pain in Liu Xi's eyes, Wu Xiang didn't ask him what he thought about Liu Yao, but said: "Then you know, who else knows about this?"
Liu Xi shook his head and sighed, "It would be great if I knew."
Wu Xiang frowned, "If I ask your elder brothers right now, I'm afraid they will all say they don't know."
Wu Xiang looked at Liu Yan again, and Liu Yan said with an uncomfortable face: "I really don't know, in my heart, Seventh Sister is a younger sister, I also said why I didn't care about her so much, it couldn't be me kill him."
Wu Xiang pondered for a while, "Can the Second Young Master and the Fourth Young Master be in the mansion?"
Liu Yan nodded hurriedly, "Yes."
"Please come here, please."
Liu Yan ordered his attendants to invite people, and soon, the second son Liu Xu arrived in the hall first. Among the brothers, Liu Xusheng was handsome and gentle, and his speech and behavior were also polite. There is a bit of elder brother's solemnity.
As soon as he entered the door, Liu Xu asked about the case with great concern. When Wu Xiang said that there was no progress, Liu Xu's eyes sank. Wu Xiang looked him up and down for a moment, "I heard that the second son is already engaged."
Liu Xu nodded, and Wu Xiang asked again: "I don't know which lady it is?"
Liu Xu was a little hesitant and puzzled, as if she didn't understand why Wu Xiang asked such a question, Liu Yan hurriedly said, "It's the second lady of the Minister of Rites—"
Wu Xiang nodded slightly, and said nothing else. Not long after, the Fourth Young Master Liu Heng arrived at the entrance of the hall with a sick face. He hadn't seen him for two days. His complexion became more sallow, and his eyes were black and blue. It was obvious that he had been tortured for the past two days. As soon as he entered the door, He sat down impatiently, "Why did you ask me to come here? I have already said what should be said that day."
Wu Xiang looked at Liu Xu and Liu Heng, "Do you know that Liu Yao is not a matter of the Liu family's blood?"
Wu Xiang asked directly, and as soon as the words came to an end, Liu Xu and Liu Heng showed surprise at the same time, and Liu Xu looked confused, "What? Yao'er is not from the Liu family's blood?"
Liu Heng also frowned and said, "Seventh Sister is Fifth Uncle's biological daughter, how do you say that?"
Both of them were shocked, it seemed that they didn't know about this before, Wu Xiang carefully examined the two of them, but saw that neither of them looked at him without dodging or avoiding, and neither of them felt guilty, Wu Xiang was at a loss for a while If the two of them don't know about this matter, then only the Elder Master and the Second Master plus Liu Xi know about the entire Liu Mansion. Could it be one of the Elder Master and the Second Master
Wu Xiang glanced at Liu Yan, Liu Yan had just told Liu Yao's life experience, Liu Xu and Liu Heng were stunned for a moment, Liu Xu said regretfully: "No wonder grandma didn't like her since she was a child, I thought grandma believed her. Regardless of what those monks and priests said, no matter what entanglements in the previous generation, it has nothing to do with her, she has had a very difficult time since she was a child."
Liu Heng snorted when he heard the words, "What's so difficult? She's not a young lady of the Liu family, but we also let her grow up well-fed. Without us, I don't know what life she would have."
Liu Heng disliked Liu Yao very much during the conversation, even though she was dead, Liu Yan sighed and said: "The most important thing right now is to find out who killed the seventh sister, if there is really a murderer in our mansion People are here, and everyone will not live in peace."
Everyone fell silent for a moment, Wu Xiang looked at the young masters of the Liu family in the room, and felt that anyone might lie, and although the servants of the Liu family asked for their testimony, it was not ruled out that someone would give false testimony for them.
Looking at these brothers, Bo Ruoyou felt that they couldn't see it clearly, and it was not an option to fight like this, so the two had no choice but to say goodbye.
Leaving Liu's mansion, the two returned to the yamen, and when they arrived at the yamen, Wu Xiang looked at the confessions of several nuns and said: "The nuns whom the second master loves don't realize that the second master's words have any intimacy towards Liu Yao. On the contrary, because of Liu Yao's reputation, the second master is quite disgusted, just like Liu Xi said, she seems to be a disaster, and the two masters of the Liu family just want to marry her off."
Bo Ruoyou frowned, and Shenxiu's black pupils were dark, "Looking at the appearance of the elder of the Liu family just now, I seem to think that Liu Yao caused so many troubles in the Liu family."
She pondered for a moment, "After the incident happened that day, only the murderer knew what happened to Liu Yao, but the news of Liu Yao's death has not been reported in the nunnery for a long time. If the murderer is the arrester, would you be in a hurry?"
Wu Xiang thought for a moment, "Of course I'm anxious. You said that Liu Yao died of excessive blood loss, and there was no excess blood on the ground in the house. If it were me, I'm afraid I would have to worry about Liu Yao's death."
Bo Ruoyou narrowed her eyes, "Then, the murderer will probably choose to visit the nunnery under the guise of visiting her."
Wu Xiang got up and paced, and continued to analyze her words, "The first person to visit her was the third master. I asked people in the mansion when I asked the question the day before yesterday. The elder of the Liu family is an official. He is the head of the Liu family. The second master is in charge of the Liu family's business, but because he likes wine and sex, he is crazy and not thorough enough, so the third master is there to help him. Smarter than Mr. Accountant, did he visit Liu Yao just because he cared about his little niece, or because of something else?"
Bo Ruoyou pondered, Wu Xiang said again: "The second one is Liu Xu, the second son. He said that he went as the eldest brother in the family, and the third one is Liu Xi. I don't know why, but I don't doubt Liu Xu very much. Xi, compared to other people, Liu Xi's emotions are all on his face, and he is the one who visits Liu Yao the most, if he is someone Liu Yao has an affair with, how can he go to see her so openly?"
Bo Ruoyou didn't know what she was thinking, so she didn't answer for a while, Wu Xiang thought for a while and said, "It's better to find out everyone's details more clearly, Liu Yao doesn't say who is having an affair with her, if it is to protect Who, could it be Liu Xu? He has already made an engagement with the lady of the Shangshu family. If he speaks out, he is afraid that this good marriage will be affected. Today, both Liu Xu and Liu Heng are acting as if they don't know anything about this matter. , but I find it unbelievable.”
Bo Ruoyou felt the same way, "Then the arrester will continue to investigate. I'll think about how the murderer escaped."
The two reached a consensus. Seeing that it was getting late, Bo Ruoyou went home first. The case was complicated and confusing, and the secret room at the scene of the crime had not yet been cracked. Bo Ruoyou somehow felt that if he could figure out why the murderer died in the closed room , The murderer of this case will also be revealed soon.
At dinner time, Bo Ruoyou will tell Cheng Yunzhi what he got at Liu's house, and Cheng Yunzhi frowned, "If that's the case, then the three people who are the most suspicious are indeed the three people who went to visit first, especially the third master, who was disrespectful to this little niece before." He is very concerned, but this is the first time to visit him, and he is also the first one to go."
Bo Ruoyou sighed bitterly, "There is no other evidence right now, but Chief Wu will continue to investigate, and I'm afraid it will take a few days to investigate."
Seeing her in deep thought, Cheng Yunzhi had no choice but to comfort her. After dinner, Bo Ruoyou went back to her room to take a bath and lay down. Because of the anxiety in her heart, she couldn't sleep for a while, but at this moment she didn't think about the case, she was thinking about Huo Weilou.
Southwest is thousands of miles away from the capital, thinking that Huo Weilou was in danger and there was no news, she felt a pain in her chest, the night was already dark, she tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep in a daze.
In the dream, there was that misty illusion again. She was like a blind girl who lost her way. She couldn't see the road under her feet, and she couldn't tell the direction of her way. At the end of the dark narrow road, it seemed to hear a strange and familiar cry for a while, the voice was childish and terrified, which instantly attracted Bo Ruoyou's sorrow from it, and for a while there was a golden light flashing in front of him, separated by the gauze-like mist, She seemed to see Huo Weilou covered in blood again.
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Bo Ruoyou was woken up by knocking on the door.
She opened her eyes suddenly, and after a few breaths, she heard Aunt Liang's voice from outside the door.
"Miss? Is the lady still awake?"
Bo Ruoyou turned her head to look at the sky outside the window, and saw that the sky was already bright. She was a little surprised, she got up in her clothes, and went to open the door first. Aunt Liang stood outside the door, looking at Bo Ruoyou with some concern, "What's wrong, Miss? But uncomfortable?"
She got up late today, which made Cheng Yunzhi a little worried, so she asked Aunt Liang to come and see.
Bo Ruoyou rubbed the center of her brows, she clearly felt tired and her forehead ached, but she couldn't remember what she dreamed about last night, "No, it's just that I had trouble sleeping last night, and I slept a little late."
Aunt Liang looked her up and down for a moment, "That's good, Miss, do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, Aunt Liang ordered her to wash up and then had breakfast and left. She stood in front of the door in a daze, and woke up for a while, but she still couldn't remember what happened in her dream last night.
After having breakfast with Cheng Yunzhi, the father and daughter went to Wuzhaohou's mansion again. Bo Ruoyou was going to Wuzhaohou's mansion first, and she wanted to know if there was any news from Southwest.
The carriage stopped in front of the Hou's mansion, and Bo Ruoyou couldn't help asking when he saw Eunuch Fu, Eunuch Fu sighed, "No news, no news at all..."
Bo Ruoyou's knuckles in front of her body turned white, a white light flashed in her mind, she suddenly saw the scene of Huo Weilou covered in blood, her heart throbbed, and her face instantly turned pale.