Ju Muer didn't know what to say. She has thought about this matter countless times in the past two years, she has speculated about various possibilities, thinking about Shi Boyin's injustice, thinking about Hua Yibai's death, thinking about Lin Yueyao's grief and helplessness. Of course she knew that it would be as difficult as climbing the sky to solve this matter by herself, but there was a black hand that was persecuting her all the time. Once she took the first step, it was impossible to turn back.
She has been silent for two years because she has not made any progress, but the fact that she married Long Er changed everything. One step moves the whole situation, some things happen, and some things begin to reveal their flaws.
It's just that all of these are just speculations, and she hasn't figured out the most critical point yet. So, when Long Er questioned her so seriously, she didn't know how to respond.
She can be justified in the face of Fu Yin, but in the face of Long Er, she feels guilty, she can't be sure about anything, but she wants to appeal to the emperor without shame.
Ju Mu'er's silence made Long Er sigh, and he held her hand under the quilt: "Mu'er, don't act rashly in this matter. Even if the real culprit is not Shi Boyin, whoever dares to destroy Shi Shangshu's family, how can he?" Ordinary people? Then the murderer must be very important, and there may be more than one. The Ministry of Criminal Justice has strictly examined the case, and the emperor personally approved it. To overturn the case, not only will you have to overthrow the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but you will even slap the emperor in the face. What's more, you don't have any evidence, and even I can't convince you."
Ju Muer continued to remain silent, a hopeless pressure weighed heavily on her heart.
"Promise me, don't make up your own mind, okay?"
Ju Muer didn't know how to answer, she felt very uncomfortable.
"Mu'er, you are the smartest, and you will definitely understand the stakes. With your own strength, how can you fight against the Ministry of Punishment? How can you make the emperor admit that he killed the wrong person in an unjust case?"
He used the word "you", not "we".
Ju Muer lay stiffly, feeling hot in her eye sockets.
Long Er stared at her, wondering how she would answer. But Ju Muer didn't say "I can't do it myself, but I still have you", what she said was: "Sister, I don't want to drag you down."
Long Er frowned, for the first time he felt that he was not sure what Ju Muer was thinking.
"You didn't drag me down. Be good, it's not good for you or me, understand?"
Ju Muer nodded, blinked, and forced back the tears.
Long Er was worried after thinking about it, and said again: "That's other people's business, I know you are kind, but you really can't help him with this matter. Besides, he has passed away, no matter what you do, you can't bring him back to life. Don't worry about it any more, okay?"
Ju Muer bit her lip and nodded reluctantly.
Long Er was still worried, did she really listen to his words
After a while, Long Er shook Ju Mu'er: "Is there anything else that you should tell me?"
Ju Muer closed her eyes, and answered three words for a long time: "No more."
there is none left? Long Er stared at Ju Muer's face.
Really gone
That night, Ju Muer didn't know how she fell asleep.
It seems to have fallen asleep, it seems to be dreaming, and it seems not. Dizzy, heart heavy. When she was in a daze, she felt that the people around her seemed to get up, she was a little flustered, should she be left alone? She tried to catch him, but her eyelids were too heavy for her to move.
Then, she seemed to finally fall asleep.
When Ju Muer got up, it was already high in the sun, and Long Er had disappeared early in the morning. The maid said that the second master got up early in the morning and went out.
Ju Muer felt weak and listless. The servant girl was also a little surprised to see her haggard, she had slept for most of the day, why did it look like she stayed up all night? The second master woke up this morning with a dark face, and it didn't look like a spring breeze overnight. At present, the maids are all cautious, for fear of doing something wrong and being punished.
Long Er didn't come back all day. Ju Muer ate by herself and sat in the room in a daze.
She knew that Shi Boyin's case was not simple. Maybe at the beginning, like Hua Yibai and the others, she was blinded by the grief and anger in her heart when she heard the meaning of the piano sound, and she thought she could do something based on that enthusiasm.
But Hua Yibai's death poured cold water on her head, extinguished her enthusiasm, and hardened her heart.
Foolishly, they only saw grievances, but did not experience death. Why didn't he think about it, if Mr. Shi really died of wrongdoing, then who is the real murderer? If Shi Shangshu's family can be wiped out, can't they kill a group of dull luthiers
Until she could no longer see, her vigilance and suspicion rose to the highest point. In the past two years, she has been terrified, and she has to think before and after everything she does. She couldn't give up on investigating this matter, but she also knew that she might not be able to find anything with her strength. She didn't look for helpers everywhere, she didn't dare to trust anyone, she was afraid of causing death, and she was afraid of hurting her family and friends.
But two years have passed, and nothing terrible has happened. She was a little relaxed, but dare not forget. Her intuition told her that someone was watching her, someone like her was silently preparing, if she didn't give up, that person couldn't give up either.
It wasn't until Ding Yanxiang's forced marriage changed the situation of calmness on the outside and stalemate behind the scenes.
Ju Muer sat blankly, thinking about what happened. Today she should go to teach Bao'er how to play the piano, but she doesn't want to move, she is not in the mood. She felt very sad.
In fact, she understands very well, what Long Er said is right, he sees the stakes here more clearly than she does. She knew he was right, but she would still be disappointed.
It's not so much disappointment as panic.
She wondered if Long Er would alienate her because of this kind of thing, just like last night, just like this morning, he is different from usual.
He didn't pester her to make out last night. In the past, no matter what she did, he would definitely make her confused and obedient, domineering and hot on the bed. But after talking about that last night, he only lightly told her to go to sleep. She knew the atmosphere was not good, she knew the timing was not right, but he didn't touch her coldly, she was lost and a little uneasy.
He got up early this morning, but he didn't push her to wake him up, and he didn't make her wake up to serve him.
In fact, she is blind and inconvenient, so she can't serve anything at all, but he just wants to tease her, and after teasing her, he will let her go back to sleep. She's used to it. So today he went out without saying a word, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
Ju Muer felt that she was too suspicious, but she couldn't help herself to think the worst.
Would he think that she wanted to use his relationship with the emperor to achieve her goals, would he think that she had been using him and deceiving him from beginning to end
But isn't that what she is
Ju Muer wasn't sure. For a moment, tears welled up in her eyes, she felt that she was not, she was not that bad, she wanted someone to protect her, she didn't want to harm him.
she just...
She didn't know what she was, and she couldn't think of an excuse to justify herself. Ju Muer wiped away her tears, thinking that Long Er was so kind to her, thinking of his petty and awkward tricks to deal with her, thinking of his boyish manly tone, thinking that he really cared about her, her Tears could not stop flowing.
Asking about the emperor was indeed her too bold a temptation. She just suddenly thought naively, if the emperor is a wise king, if the emperor is jealous, then he knows Mr. Shi's grievances and is willing to investigate the case again, then all these things will be much simpler.
With little hope, she asked anyway.
After asking, she regretted it.
This day until late at night, Long Er did not come back.
Ju Muer secretly cried twice in the house. Although it was already past her bedtime, she still refused to go to bed. She lay on the table, wanting to wait for him to come back.
After he came back, she had no idea what to say to him, how to make him happy, her mind was empty, but she just wanted to wait for him to come back.
But she waited and waited until she fell asleep.
When he woke up, he heard the sound of water.
Ju Muer slowly stood up and listened carefully. It was the sound of water, and someone was taking a bath in the ear room.
She touched the bamboo stick in her hand, stood up, walked to the door of the ear room, and called out: "Mr.
The sound of the water stopped, and no one answered her.
Ju Muer didn't call again, the sadness accumulated in her heart during the day quickly filled her heart again. He came back, but he didn't wake her up, and she called him, but he didn't answer.
Ju Muer stood motionless at the door. She heard the rustling of clothes, as if something had been thrown away. Then Long Er coughed and said, "It's so late, why didn't you sleep?"
I feel like I'm looking for something to say.
When he came into the room, he should know that she was lying on the table. He didn't wake her up and let her go to bed, but turned in to take a bath by himself. At this time, he asked her why she wasn't asleep
Ju Muer suppressed her unease, walked towards Long Er, and replied, "I'm waiting for my husband to come back."
"Well, it's a bit late today."
"Sister-in-law taking a bath?"
"Well, you go to sleep first, I'll be back soon."
Ju Mu'er was already standing by the big bathtub, and she felt sad when he heard him send her away. She took a breath, told herself not to think about it, and said cautiously: "How about I rub my back and shoulders for my husband?"
Long Er seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then finally replied "Yes".
Ju Muer breathed a sigh of relief, put the bamboo stick aside, and stretched out her hand to Long Er.
Looking at her appearance, Long Er sighed in his heart. He held her hand, put it on his shoulder, and put the bath towel into her hand. Ju Muer rejoiced, and rubbed Long Er's back seriously.
Long Er's back was a little stiff, which Ju Muer found strange. It seemed to be nervous, but it could be explained as annoyance. But he agreed to let her rub her back, so why be annoyed and nervous
Ju Muer rubbed and rubbed, and when she got close to him, she suddenly understood. He was really throwing away his clothes just now, but he didn't expect that he could throw the clothes away, but he forgot to cover up the smell of powder and wine on his hair in time.
Long Er was wary of Ju Muer's sharpness and intelligence. The main reason for his guard was that he went to Hualou today.
When he came back so late, he thought she would go to bed early, but he didn't expect her to be lying on the table waiting for him. He didn't dare to wake her up in the past, because he still remembered the last time she smelled him and knew where he was. So he wanted to take a bath quietly to get rid of the smell before calling her to bed. He didn't expect her to come in, and he just came in, with a pitiful and aggrieved look on his face, he couldn't even let her get close. So he had no choice but to agree to her, feeling a little apprehensive in his heart, hoping that he had washed away the smell for a while before.
At this time, Ju Muer's hand stopped suddenly, and then continued to wipe his back, but the movement slowed down. Long Er's heart tightened, she was so close to him, he suddenly understood how she knew.
Long Er sighed inwardly, and wanted to explain to her, but when he turned around, he was shocked.
she cried.
"Mu'er." Long Er held her hand tightly. How could it be so serious that she was crying
Was discovered by him. Ju Muer lowered her head, but couldn't hide her tears. She didn't want this, and he ignored her, and she felt very sad. She wanted to make him happy, but now she was even more sad.
She made him unhappy, so he went to Hualou and came back so late. She fell asleep on the table, and he didn't want to call her when he came back. Did he not want to talk to her anymore? But how could he go to Hualou, how could he find Huaniang
The more Ju Muer thought about it, the more confused her mind became, and the more she cried, the more she couldn't help it anymore, so she just burst into tears.
This frightened Long Er, he didn't care that his body was full of water, and hugged Ju Mu'er into his arms. Ju Muer also hugged him tightly, crying even harder.
"I went to inspect the shop today. After inspecting the shop, I went to the government office. I met Mr. Fu Yin and asked him about the disappearance of the robber. The man has not been found until now, and Mr. Fu Yin has not found out who it is. Pretending to be a police officer. Then I went to visit some friends in the palace, found people from the Criminal Department, and finally invited several officials to drink in the Rancui Building. I did these things after I didn’t go home all day. In the Rancui Building I didn't touch any girl while drinking, it's just that in that kind of place, I can't help getting those smells on my body."
After hearing this, Ju Muer curled her lips like a child, with teardrops hanging on her eyelashes, her appearance was really indescribably pitiful.
Long Er pinched her face, and reprimanded: "Have you been thinking wildly all day? I asked, you just sat in the room today and didn't go out, in a daze, didn't you?"
Ju Mu'er replied aggrievedly, "My husband didn't call me when he went out today."
"You didn't sleep well all night, and you're dizzy in the morning, what's your name?"
"My husband didn't ask anyone to leave me a message. I'm thinking about it for a day."
Long Er coughed twice, he really did it on purpose, he was not happy in his heart, he deliberately wanted to let her dry. At this time, she took this matter as a handle, and his righteousness disappeared immediately. He coughed twice again, and said dryly: "Master is too busy today, so I didn't bother to explain to the servants."
"The gentleman came back at night and didn't call me."
Can he answer that although he went to Hualou and did nothing bad, he still feels guilty? Of course not. And this kind of reaction made Long Erye feel very humiliated. Why was he guilty, he obviously didn't do anything, but in the end he could only answer: "I stink all over, I want to wash first."
Ju Muer sniffed again, hugged Long Er tightly again, and wiped her tears on him.
Long Er sighed, stroked her head, and kissed her forehead.
"Stop messing around?"
"I didn't make a fuss."
"Who is that crying all over?"
"who is it?"
"It's a lie, isn't it?"
"If it's Yi Xianggong, what you can't see doesn't count."
"When did I ever say that?"
"I said so."
"when?"
"I did." Ju Muer rubbed her face against him as she spoke, wiping her face clean with his chest.
Long Er was burned all over, he didn't care about getting wet, he simply picked her up and strode back to the bed.
Ju Muer yelled in fright at first, but after she realized it, her heart was overflowing with joy. Her second master Long still has enthusiasm for her, which fills her with confidence as a wife. She thought that nothing could satisfy her more than her husband needing herself.
The indifference of last night has completely disappeared, the two are charming and sweet, and the long battle will stop.
Ju Muer was too tired to keep her eyes open, but she still felt aggrieved by Long Er deliberately making herself anxious today. She secretly twisted his waist, and he patted her ass. She tickled his calf with her toes and he clamped her foot between his legs.
The two of them didn't speak, but you came and went and made a fuss with small movements. Finally, Ju Muer had enough fuss and yawned.
Seeing that she was going to sleep, Long Er began to explain: "I have to go out tomorrow, so don't think about it anymore."
Ju Muer nodded, hugged his arm, and put herself in a comfortable position to go to sleep.
"Tomorrow is free, let's teach Bao'er how to play the piano. It's good for you to do something."
Ju Muer agreed with a "hmm".
Long Er went on to say: "I learned about Shi Boyin's case today. Shi Shangshu's family was poisoned in the dinner, and the kitchen water tank and the drinking water in the courtyards were poisoned. The poisoning took a while, wait for everyone It was too late to notice. A domestic servant had diarrhea that day, and hadn't had a drink or meal since the afternoon, so he escaped unharmed. It was he who discovered the situation and sneaked out of the mansion to report to the official. , but saw that Shi Shangshu's piano room was on fire, Shi Boyin was fleeing from there in a panic, and happened to be caught right away."
Ju Muer's sleepiness was half gone, and she listened quietly.
"The police said that Shi Shangshu was lying in the piano room at that time, and he was still breathing. Before he died, he pointed at Shi Boyin, but unfortunately he could not speak. Afterwards, the police searched the guest room where Shi Boyin lived. The poison is exactly the same as the poison in the Shi family. Because the case involved an official of the imperial court and the case was serious, it was transferred to the Criminal Ministry. According to the testimony of the Shi family servants, the situation at the scene, and various evidences, the Criminal Ministry investigated for two months. After careful investigation of all the clues and the approval of the emperor, Shi Boyin was convicted."
Long Er paused, and said: "Judging from the case files and investigation status, there is nothing wrong with this case. Except for what you said, Shi Boyin got the emperor's permission to play a song before execution. He took this opportunity to play the so-called grievance song to the luthiers."
Ju Muer asked: "Sanggong went to investigate today, to confirm whether my speculation is reasonable?"
"No. I want to make sure you're not involved in this."
Ju Muer fell silent, her heart filled with inexplicable emotions.
She hugged him tightly, laying her pillow on his chest, and heard his heartbeat, pounding, calm and powerful.
"Don't think about it anymore." Long Er kissed the top of her hair, "Everyone who does not plead guilty will sue. It's just that Shi Boyin has a skill that you admire, and he used the method you admire. But the truth How, you don't know."
Ju Muer closed her eyes without retorting. In fact, what Long Er said was very true, she didn't know the truth, she just suspected, she just guessed, she just had that feeling.
"Mu'er, you should understand that the enemy is strong and you are weak. If you don't hit with one hit, you will die with one hit. Then you will die when the opponent fights back. If you don't know the truth about this matter, and you don't have evidence, don't do it again." Let it go, okay?"
Ju Muer was silent for a while, and couldn't help but ask, "What if I have evidence?"
Long Er calmed down, and asked after a while: "Do you have any? Indeed, even one piece of evidence that can reverse the case."
"No."
Neither of them spoke again.
Then Ju Muer couldn't help but said again: "But there are many doubts."
Long Er squeezed her chin: "Have you listened to my words?"
"Listen."
"You'll be obedient, be good, won't you?"
"Yeah." Ju Muer hugged Long Er tightly.
Long Er caressed her back, seeing her quiet face with her eyes closed, he felt a little uneasy. He is satisfied with this daughter-in-law, she makes him feel at ease by his side, and he doesn't want her to get into any trouble