When Shaoyao saw Guan Jingqiu looking ferocious, yelling at her young lady in a menacing manner, and gesticulating, she couldn't help but get angry in her heart, and immediately rushed in front of Ji Jun, opening her arms to block Ji Jun behind her.
When Mai Dong saw this, he immediately blocked Ji Min behind him.
Ophiopogon japonicus and Shaoyao both stared at Guan Jingqiu.
Shaoyao shouted at Guan Jingqiu,
"Hey! Miss Guan, what are you shouting for? Why do you say that our young lady killed someone? Which of your eyes saw our young lady killing someone? I was also surprised. They also fell into the bottom of the well. Did you go first? You fell down. After you came out and before our lady went down the well, no one saw anyone going down. Could it be that you and that person were together at the bottom of the well? That person didn’t kill you, it was you who killed someone! We haven’t said anything yet You are the murderer, but you accused our lady first, are you the evil one who complained first?"
Shaoyao's words were logical and well-organized, and everyone had their own thoughts in their minds for a while.
Even Chen Zhuoxin, Duke of Chen State, began to notice Shaoyao, and suddenly felt that this maid was articulate and clear-minded. No wonder the young lady was different.
Guan Qingqiu was unexpectedly choked by Shaoyao's merciless counterattack and questioning. He was speechless for a while. He took several breaths, then looked at Shaoyao angrily and said,
"Who is the evil one? Why are you so unruly, a maid! If you were placed in our palace, you would have been beaten to death!"
Peony scoffed, showing no fear.
"You have the nerve to talk about rules! I'm ashamed of you! In Chen Guogong's mansion, the Duke of Chen didn't say anything, and beautiful relatives like County Master Yangxu didn't say anything. People with the status of County Master Qili didn't say anything either. The lady didn't say anything. You are here for Qi'er or Ba'er! It's not enough for you to yell at. Why are you everywhere? Why do you have such a big face? What? You still want to hang yourself and wink at me? ?”
Everyone, "."
A hanged man ogling?
What does it mean?
Originally, everyone was so frightened by the discovery of a dead man from the bottom of the well that they wished they could leave here as soon as possible. However, they were so frightened that their legs became weak. Seeing that others were not moving, they did not dare to leave alone.
Secondly, Chen Guogong didn't say anything and didn't dare to leave.
Leave quietly, no!
Find an excuse to leave, no one wants to be the one who stands out and causes trouble for others.
At this moment, I saw Shaoyao, a little maid, not showing any timidity in the face of such a situation. Instead, she was full of energy and reprimanded Guan Jingqiu righteously, which somehow made everyone feel at ease.
Ji Jun also felt Ji Min's tight grip on her hand gradually relax at this moment.
Ji Jun thought to himself, this is called diverting attention in psychology.
I remember walking at night when she was a child. She would talk to her children about some interesting or insignificant things that happened in school during the day.
If any more scary topics were mentioned at this time, both of them would probably be so frightened that they would scream and run away.
Sure enough, a brave little maid played the drum for Shaoyao and asked,
"Sister Shaoyao, what do you mean by ogling someone who is hanging to death?"
Ji Jun was a little on tenterhooks at the moment. Although she didn't know what this "hanging ghost ogling" meant, she knew that Shaoyao would definitely not sound good when used to describe Guan Jingqiu.
After all, this is in Chen Guogong's mansion. If there is really an investigation, Shaoyao, as a maid, may be punished for speaking so openly.
Of course she couldn't let anything happen to Shaoyao, but it would be a little troublesome after all.
Shaoyao winked at the little maid and said mysteriously,
"There is a lot of knowledge in this. I can't explain it at the moment. I will tell you slowly later!"
The little maid was confused and nodded suspiciously.
At this moment, a maid next to her winked and whispered a few words into the little maid's ear. The little maid looked like she suddenly understood.
Then, under her lady's questioning eyes, she told her lady in a low voice, and her lady also showed a look of understanding.
The young lady who knew the content of "The Hanged Man's Eyes" whispered a few words to the young lady next to him, and then the young lady next to him whispered a few words to the young ladies in front of him, and then spread the word like a drum beating a flower to spread flowers. go.
Soon, the ladies present and even the maids following her all had expressions of "I see." Moreover, some maids were young and could not help but cover their mouths and snicker.
The atmosphere relaxed a lot for a while.
It can be said that except for Ji Jun, Ji Min and Guan Jingqiu who don't know what's going on, everything that should be known and shouldn't be known is known.
The two sisters from the Ji family had indifferent expressions, one showed indifference, and the other showed an expression that they had known for a long time.
When Guan Jingqiu saw this, she still didn't understand anything. She also knew that what Shaoyao said was not a good thing, but she couldn't ask Shaoyao about it at this time.
How can I help my cousin seek justice when he is entangled with this maid?
Guan Jingqiu looked at Chen Zhuoxin. Chen Zhuoxin had no expression on his face, but he could clearly feel that he was in a very bad mood. Guan Jingqiu couldn't care less about being afraid at the moment. She was even more afraid that Chen Zhuoxin would misunderstand, so she said bitterly,
"I can't possibly kill him!"
Peony never gave in,
"Why is it impossible for you to kill him? Everyone is here as a guest at Chen Guogong's mansion, so it's possible for anyone! Especially you! Is it possible that you know this person? Or are you and this person related? Oh! No wonder you are trying to block him. The reason why our eldest lady and the Duke are not allowed to fill the well is because you know someone under the well! Eh? Since you know this person, why don't you just say that there is someone under the well? You still make excuses from left to right, you Is there some conspiracy between you and this person? Are you calling the thief to catch the thief? In my opinion, you are just asking for it! You are trying to hide it!"
A flash of fierceness flashed in Chen Guogong's eyes, and he shot at Guan Jingqiu. Guan Jingqiu thought smartly. Chen Guogong had a bad heart and was petty and vindictive.
In the hearts of everyone, Chen Bing is the legitimate son, and he is the concubine. You have already usurped the position of the Duke of the country, and you are causing trouble for others on their happy day. It is really disgraceful.
Chen Zhuoxin is in an awkward position now. Although he is powerful in the court, he is not powerful in the court, let alone dominate the sky with one hand, so he still cares about and takes into account his reputation.
Even if he doesn't care about his reputation, Chen Zhuoxin is not willing to "take the blame" for Guan Jingqiu.
Especially this pot is so unlucky!
Guan Jingqiu said anxiously,
"That man is my cousin!"
As soon as this statement came out, the friends were shocked!
Immediately, when everyone saw that she was so sure, they had no doubt that he was there, and they felt that a life had been lost after all, and they also somewhat forgiven Guan Jingqiu's rudeness.
But suddenly Ji Min said,
"Ms. Guan, you didn't even go up to see this person, and you didn't come to do the autopsy. We don't know the man, woman, age, or age. How can you insist that he is your cousin?"
Everyone suddenly came to their senses and looked at Guan Jingqiu with a lot of emotions.
Guan Jingqiu didn't care much, she was eager to pick herself up,
"I know that dress. It's the material my aunt bought for my aunt, and my aunt made it for my cousin!"
In fact, Guan Jingqiu should not call her aunt's sisters and nephews aunt or cousin, just because in Dazhou, if the concubine made a greater contribution to the master's family, especially the contribution that others could not make, such as giving birth to children. , or rescue and rescue, etc., the concubine will be favored by the master's family. Or in terms of status, or in terms of funding for relatives, etc.
Especially like Guan Jingqiu's family, the son born from the concubine is the only son of the minister's house and will inherit the ancestral business in the future.
With such merit, Guan Jingqiu's biological aunt became a "noble concubine". The relatives of my aunt's family also followed the corresponding rise, and their net worth doubled.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for Guan Jingqiu to call her "cousin".
After hearing this, everyone turned their attention to the Ji sisters.
By this time, everyone had roughly speculated that Guan Jingqiu might have designed to frame the Ji sisters, but instead, his cousin was involved.
So the question arises, if Guan Jingqiu can't kill her cousin herself, will it be Ji Jun?
Moreover, Ji Jun took the initiative to jump into the well. Could it be that in order to protect Ji Min's reputation, or to vent his anger on Ji Min, Ji Jun took the initiative to go down to the bottom of the well and kill Guan Jingqiu's cousin?
After Ji Jun came up again, he kept trying to help Chen Guogong fill up the dry well. Did he want to destroy the body and eliminate traces?
Chen Zhuoxin looked at Ji Jun. Not only did he also think so, he even believed it even more!
Counting every woman present, there will not be more than three who can kill someone!
And the woman in front of me is definitely one of them!
Ji Jun allowed everyone's eyes to wander around her body, showing fear, disgust, fear, and confusion.
Ji Jun didn't take it seriously at all, "hehe" he sneered twice and said,
"Cousins don't fight each other, do they? There are brothers who kill each other, and fathers and sons who kill each other!"
At this moment, a gust of wind picked up the coat of the dead man, revealing a gray-black coat underneath.
Ji Min frowned slightly, thought of something, walked straight to the body, looked at it carefully, turned back to Chen Guogong, and said,
"My lord, in the middle of summer, which man would go out wearing two outer robes?"
Chen Zhuoxin and Yin Hong looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes that they thought Ji Min was right.
Guan Jingqiu was also a little stunned.
Nowadays, when men go out to meet guests, to show their solemnity, they usually have an inner robe with three layers inside and outside. Wouldn’t it make them hot to death?
Is her cousin so careless?
"Unless——" Ji Jun said slowly.
Everyone looked at her and Ji Jun said calmly,
"Unless you want to do something shameful, you have to take off one piece as a cover-up."
After hearing this, everyone looked at the somewhat flustered Guan Jingqiu again.
Before Guan Jingqiu could say anything, she saw Maidong walking close with Ji Min and already circling the body. Ji Min suddenly said,
"Cousin, something seems wrong!"
Ji Jun was also surprised and asked quickly,
"What's wrong?"
The body was lying on the ground, and everyone looked down upon it. However, Chen Guogong and the housekeeper Yin Hong did not speak, and the servants did not move the body.
Ji Min leaned down and observed carefully. Then Ji Min raised her little face with a bad expression. She looked at Chen Guogong, then looked at Ji Jun, and said hesitantly,
"I saw that there seemed to be corpse spots on this man's neck, and it seemed that they were not newly formed. I remember that the priest of Dali Temple once told me that such a situation should last about two hours or even longer, but when we arrived in China It only takes more than an hour for the government, right?"
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