However, it was said that in another day, on March 15th, Si Qi got up early in the morning and took a simple shower, and sat in front of the dressing table in a daze.
Because she is the eldest maid by Yingchun's side, and she has a fiery temper on weekdays, so no one dares to criticize what she is not. Regardless of whether she is happy or not, she can only share her work.
It was like this until the noon hour, and seeing that it was about to start dinner, Xiuju was about to enter the house to ask her when she saw a woman flying in, but it was Qiutong, the maid of Mrs. Xing's house.
"Is Si Qi in the house?!"
Qiutong asked Xiuju, but he had already rushed in. Seeing Si Qi froze in front of the dressing table, he asked suspiciously, "What? Do you already know about your cousin Pan Youan? already?!"
Si Qi originally regarded Qiutong as nothing, and when he heard the words 'Pan You'an', he jumped up suddenly, raised his arms, stared at him, and put on a posture of wanting to eat people: "Don't mention it to me. He, he is him, I am me, we have nothing to do with each other from now on, even if he suddenly died that day, you don't have to tell me!"
Qiutong stared at her with choked eyes. Originally, the two of them were old friends, so they won't be annoyed by these two words. But since Qiutong climbed onto Jia She's bed, her temper has grown a lot.
Therefore, seeing Si Qi's arrogance, she stomped her feet, turned her head and walked away angrily.
Si Qi didn't mean to stop him at all, but Xiuju couldn't let Qiutong leave like this, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Sister Qiutong, why did you leave right after you came?"
"Hmph~ Didn't they just say it?"
Qiutong stomped her foot, obviously talking to Xiuju, but in fact shouted to Si Qi: "Then Pan Youan is dead, so you don't need to come over and tell her - I'm here to report the funeral, naturally there is no need to waste my lips. …”
"You... what did you say?!"
Before Qiutong could finish speaking, that Siqi stumbled and chased after him, leaning on the door frame and tremblingly said, "You said you... come... come..."
Seeing her like this, Qiu Tong felt a little more pity in his heart, so he slowed down and persuaded: "You too, please be patient, there are unforeseen circumstances and people's fates and blessings, who would have thought that Pan An Ping was killed for no reason like this?"
puff~
Before he finished speaking, that Si Qi fell to the ground with a black eye!
"Siqi?!"
"Sister Siqi!"
Xiuju and Qiutong hurriedly stepped forward and helped her up with all her hands and feet, touching her chest and pinching her.
"you… "
As soon as Si Qi woke up, he desperately grabbed Qiu Tong's wrist and forced a smile: "You were just joking with me, right? It's so good... how can it be..."
Although Qiutong was not shrewd, he had some 'experience' in matters of men and women. After watching this battle, he immediately guessed that the two of them were not only sisters and brothers, but there were other things involved.
Originally, she had to gossip to see such hidden secrets, but now that Pan Youan has lost her life, it is not easy to ask anything right away.
So she just shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I wanted to joke with you, but this... I heard that Second Master just sent Butler Zhou to take care of this."
That Pan Youan was Jia Lian's servant. Both his parents were in charge of Zhuangzi in other places, so after a sudden accident, Jia Lian sent someone to take care of it.
"Murderer? So he... Was he killed by someone?"
Seeing that Si Qi seemed to have lost his soul, he murmured, and Xiu Ju, who was beside him, was waiting to comfort her a few words, but she suddenly stood up with the help of her strength, and ran out without saying a word.
Xiuju was in a hurry, and hurriedly chased after him and shouted, "Sister Siqi, what are you doing?!"
"I'll go to Steward Zhou and go with him to collect You'an's body!"
Si Qi left such a sentence without looking back, and then walked away at a rapid pace, Xiuju took a few steps behind, and seeing that he couldn't catch up, he had to stomp his feet and go back to find Jia Yingchun to report what happened.
Not to mention how the embroidered oranges were divided in front of Jia Yingchun.
However, that Siqi rushed to the front after inquiring all the way, and intercepted Zhou Rui outside the east gate.
Originally, Zhou Rui shook his head like a rattle when he heard that she was going to collect the body for Pan Youan.
But she couldn't bear the excuse that she moved out of her grandmother's 'Wang Baoshan's family' - although this 'Wang Baoshan's family' was in the mansion and had little real power, she was Mrs. Xing's housekeeper after all, and she had to ignore the monk's face anyway. Look at the face of the Buddha.
Thinking of this Siqi and that Pan Youan, they are aunts, uncles and siblings, and they can barely be called family.
Therefore, Zhou Rui finally let go, and only told Siqi to follow him closely and not to act indiscriminately.
Si Qi responded with a full mouth, and then asked for a carriage in the name of Jia Yingchun from the foreign steward, and then he and Zhou Rui rushed all the way to Wumiao Street in the southeast of the inner city.
The book does not go into details.
When we arrived at a hutong entrance on the east end of Wumiao Street, we saw that many people were already surrounded inside and out.
Zhou Rui just got out of the car and was about to tell someone to open the way, but he saw a tall and plump figure who had already squeezed in regardless.
"This girl really is!"
Zhou Rui stomped his feet in a hurry, and he didn't care to put on the figure of the rich butler, and he was busy leading people to chase after him.
When he saw the inner circle, he heard that Si Qi was already crying inside, calling out Pan You'an's name like blood.
Zhou Rui was able to manage things outside, so he was naturally a man of finesse. He had already guessed seven or eight points just by listening to this movement, and he couldn't help but regret bringing Si Qi here.
It's just that it's too late to regret it now, and he can only be shy, put on the appearance of a big man, and ask, "Who is in charge here?"
Where are the few arresting officers looking at the rare child - it is not unusual for the family to cry, but the strange thing is that this woman is actually half a head taller than a man!
While pondering about who could subdue a woman like this, Zhou Rui saw Zhou Rui put his hands behind his back, playing an official tone there, and immediately knew that this was the master's arrival.
So Jiang Laoqi, the leader of Wanping County, hurriedly came up to accompany him with a smile and said, "Dare you ask if your Excellency is from the Rongguo Mansion?"
Zhou Rui nodded slightly, then he agreed, without looking at Jiang Laoqi, his eyes flicked in the alley for a while, and finally fixed on Pan Youan's corpse, frowning, "What's going on here? The murderer can Did you get caught?"
Being a fast catcher in the capital, it is necessary to deal with such tyrannical slaves. Jiang Laoqi naturally knows that they are the best face, but he may not care so much about the life and death of the people below.
So he said respectfully: "If you return to the master, after the villain carefully investigates the scene, this should be a case of murder and robbery."
"That little brother probably missed something yellow and white somewhere, and was followed all the way to the vicinity, smashed his skull with a blunt object and died."
"After that, the murderer took all the valuables from him."
Having said this, he bowed again and said, "I dare to ask you, are you going to take the body back, or let us transport it back to the yamen for a better inspection?"
In fact, according to the Great Zhou Law, the corpses of abnormal deaths are generally kept temporarily by official uniforms - but the rules are dead, but people are alive, this law is naturally useless in front of the wealthy and noble.
And Zhou Rui was taken off topic by him, so he temporarily forgot to ask the real murderer, and began to think about the aftermath of the corpse.
But Si Qi on the side was unwilling to give up, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where's your brother's hand?! When will you catch the murderer who killed You An!"
"Don't worry girl!"
Jiang Laoqi immediately patted his chest and said, "The villain must go all out to find out the real murderer as soon as possible!"
What he said was firm, but Si Qi couldn't see that what he said was false, but he didn't really promise anything
When even rebuked recklessly: "I don't want you to go all out, I just want you to tell me when will the real murderer be found out and revenge for You'an?!"
"Is this..."
Jiang Laoqi's face showed some embarrassment. If ordinary people asked this question, he would be full of mouth and tongue, and he would talk about it first.
But in the face of these wealthy family slaves, Jiang Laoqi did not dare to act so recklessly.
After a little hesitation, he carefully bowed to Zhou Rui and said, "I dare to ask who this girl is..."
Zhou Rui said casually, "Our second lady's personal maid is also this Pan Youan's sister."
Because he didn't want to be seen that Pan Youan had an affair with Si Qi, he only said that he was his sister, but did not say that the two were aunt and sister.
"Second miss of your house?!"
When Jiang Laoqi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he quickly put on a bitter face and said, "I said, girl, I see that your second young lady is going to marry into Master Sun's mansion. Her sweetheart - what's the use of making it difficult for us, the incompetent, to leave us, the lord of the rule, without asking for it?"
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