The second lady's previous words clearly accused Zheng Wenyan of slandering Zheng Wenchen, which was even more harmful, but when Huo Weilou asked this, the second lady's expression was obviously panicked, and she even bowed her head and hit Zheng Xiao, "Xiao'er ! What nonsense are you talking about!"
"The third brother just has the heart to fight for the title, and he didn't say anything bad."
The second lady lowered her eyes, her eyes dodged, and her tone was a bit fearful. Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes narrowed, "Zheng Wenchen was murdered to death. If you hide something, the murderer may be hidden very deeply. You think about it." ?”
The second lady frowned, but still nodded, "everything the woman said is true, I dare not hide it from Lord Hou."
Huo Weilou stared at the second lady for a moment, then turned his eyes to signal Eunuch Fu to continue.
Eunuch Fu said: "The night the second master died, why didn't you go to the old lady's mourning hall together?"
Thinking of that night, the second madam felt sad again, "That night, we were supposed to go together, but my husband thought it was too early to go, and it was embarrassing. After my mother died, the third brother suspected that my mother's death was related to my husband. For a while, it was rumored throughout the mansion that it was the husband who killed his mother, and even the servants looked at him differently. The husband got angry because of this, but he didn't get better. For the next few days, he hid in the room every day and didn't go out. That night, I thought about going to the mourning hall at the end."
"The husband doesn't want to go early, but the woman doesn't want to be rude. Our second wife is already in a difficult situation. The woman wants to endure it not for herself, but also for Xiao'er, so she took Xiao'er to go first, and then..."
The second lady wiped the corners of her eyes, "It means that the husband went to the Yueyue Pavilion, and the woman took Xiao'er and followed the servant to arrive first. When she arrived, she saw the husband standing on the fence on the third floor. The woman Just as he was about to wonder, he saw the person behind him..."
There was fear in the eyes of the second lady, "At that time, I didn't have time to think about who it was, so I watched my husband fall from the upstairs, just like that... just like that, fell to death in front of the women and Xiao'er."
Tears poured down, and the second lady couldn't help but choked up again. In front of Huo Weilou and everyone, she cried extremely depressingly, but the more she was like this, the more heartbreaking it was, Zheng Xiao buried her face in the second lady Behind him, he also sobbed softly.
"If... if it hadn't been for the third younger brother to suspect my husband, my husband would not have to be suspected by everyone, and that night would not have been delayed until later, and he would not have died..." The second lady closed her eyes deeply, in the trembling cry Full of grief and grievances, but very little resentment, as if her slender body was about to burn out, and she no longer had the strength to regenerate hatred.
Huo Weilou asked: "Do you know why he went to the Yueyue Pavilion?"
The second lady shook her head while wiping her tears, "The women don't know that Yueyue Pavilion is a place to enjoy the scenery. In the past, when the elder brother was there, he was often there. After the elder brother left, only the mother occasionally invited everyone to enjoy the scenery when the scenery was good. Hangout."
This is so strange, on the night of my first seven days, my mother knew that the ceremony was about to start, but she went to the remote Yaoyue Pavilion alone.
Yaoyue Pavilion has been unattended for a long time, and it is full of dust, so it is impossible to go there for a drink and enjoy the scenery. The only possibility is that someone invites him or lures him to go, but Zheng Wenchen's temper is bursting, and his status in the mansion is also low. So honorable, how can we make him go
"Everyone in the house, do you have any doubts?"
After Huo Weilou's question, the second lady shrank her shoulders, it was the fear clearly written on her face, "The woman... the woman doesn't know, if there is anyone who has enmity with her husband, it's out of the question, the only possibility is Knighthood..."
The second lady used great effort to finish her words, she dared not testify clearly against Zheng Wenyan.
"On the night of the first seven days, when did Zheng Wenyan arrive at the mourning hall, and did he leave halfway? When Zheng Wenchen had an accident, when did he appear?"
When she asked this question, the second lady hurriedly raised her head. She tried to think back for a moment, her eyes lit up a little, "He came after the third sibling, and they never came together. Later, after waiting for my husband to arrive, he ordered People went to find their husband, but they also left. At that time, he was in charge of the house and had many miscellaneous things. He didn't have to tell everyone where he went, and the women didn't know where he went. Later, the servant came to report that the husband had gone to Yaoyue Pavilion. At that time, the woman rushed there in a hurry, not paying attention to when he arrived, but it felt that he should be the last to come... "
These words matched Zheng Yunni's words, Huo Weilou stared, "When did Zheng Wenyan force you to hand over the contract?"
At this time, the second lady's eyes showed a trace of resentment, "On the third day after the husband's death, the husband has Xiao'er. If the mother really wrote the paper, as long as it is written by the mother herself and sealed, the woman can send it If we go to the capital, the title will fall on Xiao'er. That's why he came to persecute him. He... even sent someone to search our yard, but if we really have a deal, why don't we send it in? Did he keep it for himself in Jingzhong? He found nothing, and I was his second sister-in-law. With so many people in the house watching, he had to return without success."
There is nothing else to ask here, so Eunuch Fu said, "Please trouble the second lady to invite the third lady and the third master in."
"Call Zheng Wen'an in."
Huo Weilou opened his mouth, but changed the order of the questions. Eunuch Fu was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly understood.
The fifth master, Zheng Wen'an, had a kind and gentle face, and he saluted respectfully as soon as he entered the door, very well-behaved.
Eunuch Fu asked the same question as before. On the night of the old lady's death, Zheng Wen'an lived with his wife. All the seven or eight attendants in the courtyard can testify. On the night of Zheng Wenchen's death, the two of them arrived first. Go to Yaoyue Pavilion with everyone to find Zheng Wenchen, so that the two of them can be excluded.
Eunuch Fu asked again: "Does the fifth master suspect that the second master has harmed the old lady?"
Zheng Wen'an hesitated for a while and said, "I don't doubt it."
Eunuch Fu raised his eyebrows, "I would like to hear the details."
Zheng Wen'an quickly said: "It was not easy for my mother to give birth to my second brother, so I doted on my second brother since I was a child, so I raised my second brother to be a bit surly. In the past, the eldest brother was better when he was around. Someone could suppress him. After leaving, the second elder brother was a little unruly, but although the second elder brother has a bad temper, he is a cowardly person, and he dare not kill anyone."
"In your family, is there a rumor that Zheng Wenyan is an unlucky person?"
When Huo Weilou suddenly asked this question, Zheng Wen'an raised his brows, as if he was a little surprised, but he quickly came to his senses, "Why did Lord Hou ask such a question? How do you say this?"
He seemed completely ignorant, Eunuch Fu looked at him for a while, then took a look at Huo Weilou, seeing that Huo Weilou was calm, he said: "Go, fifth master, please invite fifth lady in—"
Zheng Wen'an bowed his hands and withdrew, Eunuch Fu said in a low voice, "Didn't you say that Second Lord Zheng would do something to Madam?"
Huo Weilou said calmly: "A cowardly and incompetent man will do something to his wife."
The fifth wife, Mrs. Liu, came in very quickly, and what she said was exactly the same as Zheng Wen'an, and she quickly finished asking, Mr. Fu was fair, "Please come in, Third Master."
When Zheng Wenyan entered the door, his expression was a little bad, Huo Weilou asked, "Why is the key to the medicine store missing?"
Zheng Wenyan had a bitter expression on his face, "Reporting to Lord Marquis, there is an office for housework in the mansion, the important keys are kept with you, and the keys for other unimportant warehouses are placed in the small study of the office. The key to the medicine store is In this way, the medicine storehouse has not been opened for many days, and I have not checked whether the key is still there. Today, the magistrate said he wanted it, so he sent someone to get it, but the key disappeared."
Huo Weilou asked directly: "On the first seven days, old lady, you were the last to arrive, and then left again, what did you do?"
Zheng Wenyan hurriedly said: "I came late because I wanted to arrange a few people to be the guest house of the master who practiced affairs. I left later because I heard that I searched everywhere for my second brother but they couldn't find it. After I sent someone to look for it, I suddenly remembered that my second brother said last time. I didn't hear someone calling outside in the study, so I went to look for him in my second brother's study. When I got there, I saw that the door was open, and there was no one inside. As soon as I came out of his study, I heard that he was going to invite the moon I hurried to the pavilion, but I didn't expect something to happen."
"Can anyone testify for you?"
Zheng Wenyan looked distressed, "This... I came out of the study, and I met Fuzhong Manager Lin by the flower garden on the northwest side..."
However, the flower garden on the northwest side is not far from Yaoyue Pavilion and Zheng Wenyan's yard. Even if this witness met him, it could not prove that he had never been to Yaoyue Pavilion during his lifetime.
"When you go to Zheng Wenchen's study, are you looking for Zheng Wenchen, or are you looking for your mother who is going to ask for Zheng Wenchen's booklet?"
Huo Weilou's eyes were like knives, and after he finished asking a sentence, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Zheng Wenyan's face, he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Hou doesn't understand this question, I'm really going to look for Second Brother."
Huo Weilou's eyes did not change at all, still intimidating, Zheng Wenyan said anxiously again: "The night my mother died, I was in my courtyard all night, and I have witnesses, Master Hou shouldn't suspect that I am—"
Huo Weilou stood up at this moment, "Go to the medicine store."
Zheng Wenyan wiped off his sweat, and Huo Weilou walked out with respect, and when he walked to Bo Ruoyou's side, his eyes swept across her face, "Follow me."
Bo Ruoyou responded, and walked out behind Eunuch Fu and He Cheng.
A group of people went out of the side hall, and saw that everyone in the flower hall looked dignified, and saw Zheng Wenyan was sweating profusely leading Huo Weilou and his party to go out, they wanted to follow, but were stopped by the embroidered clothes envoy.
The medicine storehouse is on the north side of the Hou's Mansion. Because it is not commonly used, the whole yard looks a bit deserted.
After entering the courtyard, Zheng Wenyan pointed to the left wing room in the courtyard and said: "These three rooms are the medicine storehouses. Look, Lord Hou, the lock is still locked, but the key is missing."
Huo Weilou motioned to the embroiderer behind him, and the embroiderer stepped forward, and he didn't know how to fiddle with it, and the lock opened. Zheng Wenyan entered the door, walked to a row of medicine cabinets on the left, and spotted the words "Mandala "The three-character medicine drawer opened, "The mandala is placed here—"
Before the word "Chu" came out, Zheng Wenyan's voice was cut off, because the medicine drawer was empty, so where was there a trace of a mandala
"This... this is impossible..."
He quickly opened five or six medicine drawers around him, only to see that they were full of ginseng, ganoderma and other things.
The more rare medicinal materials are all there, but the mandala is missing.
Huo Weilou looked at Zheng Wenyan, "It seems that you need to explain it carefully."