Chapter 332: re-entry
Chapter 332 Re-entering the Haunted House
In the afternoon, Chu Nanzhi didn't dare to delay for a moment, and took Sang Qi to send the carriage that Chu Wenbi and Lin Jinxiao prepared for their couple back to Tong'an Village, and brought back all the things left in the Chu family.
According to Liu Yun's instructions, sisters Chu Nanxiang and Chu Nanzhu were brought into the city to help prepare the restaurant.
Before leaving, Chu Nanzhi secretly slipped five hundred taels of silver bills into Chu Wenbi, asking him to keep the toilet business for his little son-in-law.
Now Liu Shuyang is more and more sensible, worried that there will be problems if the fish fry are kept in the pot all the time, taking advantage of this short few days, he actually dug a small pond next to the house, and raised all the fish fry in the pond , took care of the fry very carefully.
Seeing the little son-in-law getting better day by day, Chu Nanzhi couldn't say how happy he was.
After she and Lin Jinxiao reconciled, this little son-in-law would be the only son-in-law of the Chu family, so she had to spend more time cultivating him.
Liu Shuyang is not good at anything else, but listens to her own words very much, which makes her very relieved.
If he can get better in the toilet business this time, Chu Nanzhi plans to let him take care of the restaurant in the future, so that even if he goes to the court in the future, he will have a reliable helm for the Chu family's business.
When he came back from Chu's house, he just arrived at the gate of his old house, and saw Li Sanmu leading a few teams of yamen servants to argue with Lin Tingzhen in front of the patriarch's house.
Chu Nanzhi first asked Sang Qi to drive the carriage back to the courtyard, and then rushed over by herself. She searched left and right in the crowd but did not find Lin Jinxiao.
Today, when she went to the county government office and Mr. Zhao's mansion, she also realized that Lin Jinxiao had a lot of things to deal with right now. If Zhou's case hadn't been dealt with by herself, he might not be willing to delve into this thankless matter. .
Since he made a step forward, he himself had to seize the opportunity. This time, he had to find out the real murderer, which not only gave justice to Zhou's mother and daughter, but also fulfilled Jiang Xiaoniang's rare "wish".
When I got to a few people, I heard Lin Tingzhen say respectfully to Li Sanmu: "Master Gongcao, the criminal woman in my family has already pleaded guilty, and I ask the nephew and daughter-in-law of the clan to go to the county government office, which is just to forgive people." , why bother to enter the mansion with such a big fight."
Chu Nanzhi saw the ticket in Li Sanmu's hand, and immediately guessed that Lin Jinxiao must have persuaded Zhou to repent.
Speaking of which, Lin Jinxiao knows people well and is good at his duties. When he went to the county government office today, he heard that Li Sanmu had been promoted as an alternate meritorious service officer. He must be recommending him to formally replace the county meritorious officer.
She has been in close contact with Li Sanmu. Although he has some minor problems, he still has the ability to do things. He is not only calm and willing to use his brain, but also more careful.
Letting Li Sanmu bring someone here instead of Li Ce, it can be seen that Lin Jinxiao has made some considerations.
Chu Nanzhi was not in a hurry to speak, and calmly listened to Li Sanmu's response: "Patriarch Lin, it's not that we want to trespass on your mansion, it's just that Mrs. Zhou suddenly regretted his confession and provided some new clues, Mr. Lin dare not Convicted rashly, so let me wait to come over and re-investigate."
"What new clues can there be?"
Lin Tingzhen looked impatient: "She just feels that she has no way out and wants to struggle to the death."
As he said that, he looked at Chu Nanzhi who had rushed over again, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Nephew and daughter-in-law, what's going on, don't you really listen to your little aunt, and go to serve as a lawyer for that wicked woman?
She is confused, you can’t be confused, it’s already a certainty, why do you have to mess around with that wicked woman, you can just go through the motions, don’t be too serious to make people laugh. "
After a pause, he added with an extremely solemn expression: "The old uncle knows that your aunt thought that the wicked woman had kindly brought her into the mansion at the beginning, and she was grateful, and never believed that the wicked woman could do such a terrible thing." It’s reasonable, but the facts are right in front of you, and there’s no room for people not to believe it.”
"Since the little aunt has good intentions, why should the uncle let her down."
Chu Nanzhi finally said: "Brother Jing Yi must be back soon, and she is also worried about the father-son relationship between the clan uncle and Brother Jing Yi, and I went to the county government to check the files carefully today, so this case may not be caused by my aunt. for."
Since Mrs. Zhou regretted the confession, it is not difficult to clear the suspicion of their mother and daughter with the evidence she has now, but it is still impossible to identify Mrs. Jiang, so she does not want to mention Mrs. Jiang's past for the time being.
Lin Tingzhen became hesitant after hearing this.
Now that his son Jing Yi has managed to gain some prestige, he still doesn't want his son's official career to be affected by his biological mother from the bottom of his heart.
Although he doesn't have deep feelings for the Zhou family, he came from a wealthy family anyway, and being a lady in the main family always looks a lot more decent.
If the murderer is really someone else, as long as she can live in harmony with Jiang in the future, this mansion can barely accommodate that woman.
"How does the niece and daughter-in-law determine that the murderer is not the wicked woman?"
Lin Tingzhen asked after examining it.
"Then I have to trouble the uncle to take everyone to Sanniang's courtyard again. I will give everyone a satisfactory explanation."
Chu Nanzhi asked for instructions.
Lin Tingzhen raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally compromised in doubt, allowing her and Li Sanmu to enter the inner courtyard with the guards.
Passing through several corridors, and came to Lin Sanniang's courtyard again, Chu Nanzhi went straight to the point and asked Lin Tingzhen to call her maid Ping'er to accompany her into the ear room.
Then he ordered Li Sanmu to enter the main house and close the door. Without inserting the bolt, he pushed gently, and the "creaking" sound of the door could be heard very clearly in the ear room.
Pinger was stunned when she heard this.
Chu Nanzhi asked casually: "That night, you only heard the sound of the door opening at the fifth watch?"
"Yes, the servants did only hear this voice at the fifth watch."
Pinger answered very precisely.
"very good."
Chu Nanzhi led her out of the side room together, asked Li Sanmu to close the door again, and asked Pinger to push the door.
Pinger pushed lightly, and the door was opened, making a series of "creaking" sounds slowly again.
Ping'er shook her head: "When the maidservant opened the door that night, the door was indeed very tight, not at this time."
Chu Nanzhi nodded slightly, entered the room thoughtfully and closed the door, only inserted a small part of the door bolt, Pinger pushed from outside to inside several times before pushing the door open.
In the process of pushing the door, there was a lot of noisy movement around.
Chu Nanzhi walked out of the room, looked at Lin Tingzhen with a smile and said, "Even if the door is not fastened, the clan uncle has seen it. It is not easy to open the door. There is no sign of prying or damage inside or outside the door, and Miss Zhou and Jinhui don't know what's going on here, they know that there are sharp knives hidden in Sanniang's house, but they dare to knock on the door openly, if they wake up Sanniang, they will be committing suicide."
Lin Tingzhen showed an expression of epiphany.
Indeed, Zhou's mother and daughter didn't know that Jinlan had taken the soothing soup that night.
(end of this chapter)